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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what perspective is the narrative related in the beginning of the story?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

2. What word from the narrative means causing or involving great fear or suffering?
(a) Dire.
(b) Angelic.
(c) Trepid.
(d) Vapid.

3. How are the distant neighbors described that helped to polish the king's ideas?
(a) Distant Mongol neighbors.
(b) Distant Jewish neighbors.
(c) Distant Latin neighbors.
(d) Distant Greek neighbors.

4. What major theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is established in the beginning of the story?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Murder.
(d) Passion.

5. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?
(a) Wary.
(b) Popular.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Unrestrained.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What story did Stockton write that acts as a sequel of sorts to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

3. Of the criminal facing trial in the arena, the narrator says that he is subject to no guidance "but that of the aforementioned" what?

4. What artistic movement influenced Frank R. Stockton and other authors during his time period?

5. Who gives the signal for the condemned to step into the arena?

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