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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "moiety" from the narrative mean?
(a) Stability.
(b) A wish.
(c) A portion.
(d) Generosity.

2. What are the two outcomes for the criminal depending on his choice of door in the arena?
(a) To be devoured or married.
(b) To be knighted or killed.
(c) To be exiled or hung.
(d) To be crowned or married.

3. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?
(a) She loves her.
(b) She does not know her.
(c) She hates her.
(d) She worships her.

4. Which door does the princess signal the courtier to in the arena?
(a) The right door.
(b) The upper door.
(c) The left door.
(d) The middle door.

5. How does the narrator describe the fate of the accused person if he found himself innocent in the arena?
(a) "He was given a dukedom and several villagers to work for him."
(b) "He was crowned on the spot and sent to live in the north."
(c) "He was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not."
(d) "He was exiled and told never to return."

6. How does the narrator describe the feelings of the king's subjects in regard to the trials at the arena?
(a) It was popular among the citizens.
(b) It was dreaded among the citizens.
(c) It was reviled among the citizens.
(d) It was looked down upon by the citizens.

7. What is revealed about the princess's nature in Part 4 of the narrative as she sits in the arena?
(a) She is innocent.
(b) She is jealous.
(c) She is guilty.
(d) She is murderous.

8. What does the word "suitable" mean in the narrative?
(a) Irregular.
(b) Unmatched.
(c) Appropriate or fitting.
(d) Ordinary or plain.

9. How soon after making his decision is the criminal in the arena rewarded or punished?
(a) After two days.
(b) After a week.
(c) Immediately.
(d) After one day.

10. What word from the story refers to the predetermined course of events?
(a) Culpability.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Derision.

11. What do the dancing maidens enter the arena with if the criminal is proven innocent?
(a) Golden horns.
(b) Kittens.
(c) Babies and sheep.
(d) Crowns.

12. What does the word "determinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Foreshadowed.
(b) Evolved.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Conclusive.

13. How does the princess signal to the courtier in the arena?
(a) By blinking.
(b) With her right hand.
(c) By tilting her head.
(d) With her left hand.

14. Of the princess, the narrator says in Part 4 that "she had done what no other person had done." What did the princess do?
(a) "She had possessed herself of the secret of the doors."
(b) "She had chosen to appeal the king's orders."
(c) "She had taken a vow of honor before the king."
(d) "She had sworn herself to exile from the kingdom forevermore."

15. In Part 4 of the story, the narrator describes the judgment of the masses regarding the courtier by saying, "Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had" what?
(a) "Not been done."
(b) "Been set up."
(c) "Been fabricated."
(d) "Been done."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part 3 of the story refers to the act of bringing into use or operation?

2. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to having a sense of the beautiful?

3. What word from the story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?

4. How are the bells described if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?

5. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?

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