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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 to the courtier immediately after the king discovers the love affair?
(a) He is placed before a jury.
(b) He is exiled.
(c) He is executed.
(d) He is cast into prison.

2. 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.

3. What does the courtier know immediately when he meets eyes with the princess in the arena?
(a) That she knows which door contains the tiger and which contains the lady.
(b) That she is willing to die for him.
(c) That she has gone through with her plan to kill her father.
(d) That she will exile herself and wait for him in another kingdom.

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

5. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?
(a) "Steel-walled."
(b) "Mysterious."
(c) "Placating."
(d) "Cavernous."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story refers to the predetermined course of events?

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

3. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the story?

4. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?

5. The narrator says in Part 2 of the story that the king's arena was built "for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop" what?

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