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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from the story means to seek ambitiously?
(a) Evolve.
(b) Depend.
(c) Aspire.
(d) Gravitate.

3. The narrator says of the courtier in Part 4 that "his quick and anxious glance asked the question." What question does he ask with his glance?
(a) Will I be freed?
(b) Did you kill him?
(c) Do you love me?
(d) Which door?

4. What does the narrator say regarding the situation if a criminal was proven innocent in the arena and happened to have a wife and family?
(a) "The family would be relocated."
(b) "It was taken into consideration."
(c) "It mattered not."
(d) "They'd be given gold."

5. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?
(a) It "gave the spectators a sense of tension and fear, and always reminded them to stay in line."
(b) It "brought forth tears of excess for the populace."
(c) It "lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have attained."
(d) It "gave an apprehension to the audience and a lack of interest."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "fervent" mean in the narrative?

2. Where in relation to the door that reveals the accused does the king sit in the arena?

3. How soon after making his decision is the criminal in the arena rewarded or punished?

4. How are the iron bells described that ring if the criminal is killed in the arena?

5. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?

(see the answer key)

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