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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in relation to the door that reveals the accused does the king sit in the arena?
(a) Below the door.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) Across from the door.
(d) Above the door.

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

3. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?
(a) Aria.
(b) Epithalamium.
(c) Cantata.
(d) Proscenium.

4. Of the king's viewpoint in Part 4, the narrator says, "No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be" what?
(a) "Disposed of."
(b) "Adorned with riches."
(c) "A part of the court."
(d) "Wed to his daughter."

5. The narrator says in Part 3 that "the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of" what?
(a) "Justice in the institution."
(b) "Unfairness against the plan."
(c) "Incorrigibility to the institution."
(d) "Retribution in the king's trials."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the courtier do upon entering the arena in Part 4 of the story?

2. How does the narrator describe the fairness of the arena in Part 3?

3. What word from the story means to go before something else?

4. What word from the narrative means to come into opposition?

5. What word from the narrative refers to singers in a choir?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say in regards to if the accused man in the arena does not want his reward?

2. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?

3. What secrets had the princess uncovered prior to the courtier's trial at the arena?

4. How would you compare the king's tribunal with our contemporary justice system?

5. How would you compare the tribunals in the king's arena to those in Ancient Rome?

6. How is the princess described when her character is introduced in Part 4 of the story?

7. What signal does the princess give to the courtier in the arena?

8. What happens when the king discovers his daughter's love affair?

9. What theme is predominant in Part 4 of the story?

10. How does the narrator "set the scene" on the day of the courtier's trial?

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