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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the text refers to the act of performing of a ceremony?

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

3. What does the word "determinate" mean in the narrative?

4. What happens to the courtier immediately after the king discovers the love affair?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the ceremony described if the hypothetical accused man should open the door proving his innocence?

3. What preparations are made for the courtier's trial in Part 4?

4. How is the princess's lover described when his character is introduced in Part 4?

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

6. What does the lady behind the door symbolize in the story?

7. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?

8. What are the positive aspects of the king's decision to put the courtier to trial?

9. What does the priest in the story represent symbolically?

10. How is the unpredictability of the arena described in Part 3 of the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the duties or "privileges" of the accused when they are summoned to enter the king's arena? What are the rewards or retributions that they face upon entering the arena? How is the fate of the accused determined?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the princess's actions, objectives, obstacles, and conflicts in the arena. How does the princess perceive her lover when he enters the arena? What does she do in order to signal to him? What signal does she give? What inner conflicts does the narrator describe of the princess?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and discuss the genre and literary style of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" What are "archetypes" and how are they employed in the story? How popular were these genres and styles when "The Lady, or the Tiger?" was published? With what genres and styles was author Frank R. Stockton associated?

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