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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?
(a) The Absurdists.
(b) The Dadaists.
(c) The Beat generation.
(d) The American humorists.

2. How would you describe the narrator's point of view?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Collectivist.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Limited.

3. What word from the narrative means to come into opposition?
(a) Regulate.
(b) Propel.
(c) Interfere.
(d) Absorb.

4. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?
(a) Masochism.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Passion.

5. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
(b) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."
(c) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."
(d) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?

2. How does the narrator describe the fate of the accused person if he found himself innocent in the arena?

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

4. What word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?

5. What aspect common to children's stories did Frank R. Stockton avoid in his writing?

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