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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the king said to be greatly given to in the beginning of the story?
(a) Holding seminars.
(b) Self-communing.
(c) Consulting his cabinet.
(d) Adorning his wife with jewels.

2. What determines a criminal's innocence or guilt in the arena?
(a) His deductive abilities.
(b) Chance.
(c) The judge.
(d) The jury.

3. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) A staged area for opera performances.
(b) A forested area set aside for public executions.
(c) A platform where dog-races take place.
(d) A ring or pit for entertainment or sports.

4. How are the king's "subjects refined and cultured," according to the narrator?
(a) "By a panel of judges chosen from the populace."
(b) "By displays of musical talent and performance."
(c) "By a determination of the logic of the crime."
(d) "By exhibitions of manly and beastly valor."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative means to come into opposition?

2. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?

3. In what tense is the story related?

4. What does the word "hitch" mean in the narrative?

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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