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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in the amphitheater does the king sit for the trials of criminals?
(a) In a glass cage overlooking the arena.
(b) In the arena itself.
(c) In the galleries.
(d) On a throne on one side of the arena.

2. Where did Frank R. Stockton attend the opening night of the three-act operetta adaptation of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) The Ivory Theatre.
(b) Wallack's Theatre.
(c) The Baltimore House.
(d) The Lucille Lortel Theatre.

3. When does the story take place?
(a) "In the 1800s."
(b) "In the very olden time."
(c) "In the years of the Great War."
(d) "Many many years into the future."

4. In an analysis of Stockton's cosmic metaphors in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" from The Dictionary of Literary Biography, what does the courtier represent?
(a) An everyman figure.
(b) The royal court.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Passion.

5. What word from Part 3 of the story refers to the act of bringing into use or operation?
(a) Discouraging.
(b) Enlisting.
(c) Administering.
(d) Evolving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the bells described if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?

2. How are the distant neighbors described that helped to polish the king's ideas?

3. What word from the story means circuitous or indirect?

4. What authors is Stockton compared to in The Development of the American Short Story: An Historical Survey?

5. How does the narrator describe the princess's decision in Part 5 of the narrative?

(see the answer key)

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