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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was The Development of the American Short Story: An Historical Survey published?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1923.
2. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?
(a) It "gave an apprehension to the audience and a lack of interest."
(b) It "lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have attained."
(c) It "gave the spectators a sense of tension and fear, and always reminded them to stay in line."
(d) It "brought forth tears of excess for the populace."
3. What does the word "subordinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Exemplary.
(b) Ordinary or plain.
(c) Inferior or secondary.
(d) Painful.
4. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?
(a) "Reactionary."
(b) "Bland and genial."
(c) "Quiet and sullen."
(d) "Angry and disposed."
5. How does the narrator describe the audience in the case where a criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) "With poetic songs of freedom."
(b) "With merry laughter and dancing."
(c) "With rapturous cries of justice."
(d) "With bowed heads and downcast hearts."
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the word "fervent" mean in the narrative?
2. What do the dancing maidens enter the arena with if the criminal is proven innocent?
3. How does the narrator describe the king's feelings about his daughter in Part 4?
4. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?
5. When are criminals brought to the king's amphitheater, according to the narrator in Part 2?
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