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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?
(a) Dignitary.
(b) Cultivator.
(c) Gladiator.
(d) Creationist.

2. What part of the plot structure of the story is found in Part 3?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Falling action.
(d) Climax.

3. What is the central conflict in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) The situational conflict between the princess and her father.
(b) The courtier's internal conflict of whether or not to trust the princess.
(c) The external conflict between the courtier and the tiger.
(d) The princess's internal conflict of whether her lover should live or die.

4. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the story?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Fate.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) Family.

5. When was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which door does the princess signal the courtier to in the arena?

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

3. What word from Part 4 of the story means domineering, dictatorial, or overbearing?

4. How are the galleries of the amphitheater described in the story?

5. Of the major question in the end of the story, the narrator says, "The more we reflect upon this question," what?

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