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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the galleries of the amphitheater described in the story?
(a) "Encircling."
(b) "Below the stage."
(c) "Above the stage."
(d) "Linear."

2. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?
(a) Gladiator.
(b) Creationist.
(c) Cultivator.
(d) Dignitary.

3. How does the narrator describe the fate of the accused person if he found himself innocent in the arena?
(a) "He was given a dukedom and several villagers to work for him."
(b) "He was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not."
(c) "He was exiled and told never to return."
(d) "He was crowned on the spot and sent to live in the north."

4. What does the word "determinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Evolved.
(d) Foreshadowed.

5. How does the narrator describe the audience in the case where a criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) "With poetic songs of freedom."
(b) "With bowed heads and downcast hearts."
(c) "With merry laughter and dancing."
(d) "With rapturous cries of justice."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the criminal to his new home after the ceremony if he is proven innocent in the arena?

2. When are criminals brought to the king's amphitheater, according to the narrator in Part 2?

3. What part of the plot structure of the story is found in Part 3?

4. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?

5. What is described behind one of the doors in Part 2 of the narrative?

(see the answer key)

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