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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens if the criminal on trial opens the door that leads to "a reward of his innocence"?
(a) He is given a dukedom.
(b) He is immediately wed.
(c) He is immediately killed.
(d) He is crowned king.

2. What word from the story refers to the assembling or people?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Embarkment.
(c) Throng.
(d) Endurance.

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

4. The king's vast amphitheater is described in Part 2 as "an agent of" what?
(a) "Poetic justice."
(b) "Cruel fate."
(c) "Evolution."
(d) "Change."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the princess use in order to obtain certain secrets, according to the narrator in Part 4?

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

3. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?

4. What word from the narrative means intense devotion or enthusiasm?

5. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

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