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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you describe the setting of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) An ancient kingdom.
(b) A city filled with skyscrapers.
(c) A contemporary town.
(d) A small country village.

2. What word from the narrative means certain to happen or a situation that is unavoidable?
(a) Didier.
(b) Culpable.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) Undetermined.

3. What literary word refers to a typical example of a certain person or thing, such as the characters in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Archetype.
(c) Parable.
(d) Proscenium.

4. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?
(a) "Bland and genial."
(b) "Angry and disposed."
(c) "Reactionary."
(d) "Quiet and sullen."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from the beginning of the novel means uninhibitedly enthusiastic?

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

4. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?

5. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?

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