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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what tense is the story related?
(a) Passive future tense.
(b) Present tense.
(c) Future tense.
(d) Past tense.

2. With what genre is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" associated?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Nonfiction.
(d) Horror.

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

4. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?
(a) Incurred.
(b) Made partial.
(c) Observed.
(d) Coagulated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?

2. What word from the short story means uncivilized or primitive?

3. What aspect common to children's stories did Frank R. Stockton avoid in his writing?

4. Where was Frank R. Stockton from?

5. What literary word refers to a typical example of a certain person or thing, such as the characters in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

(see the answer key)

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