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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Climax.
(d) Rising action.

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

4. How did author Frank R. Stockton support himself before his work as an author?
(a) He was a wood engraver.
(b) He was a butcher.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was a book binder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "hitch" mean in the narrative?

2. When did Frank R. Stockton live?

3. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?

4. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?

5. How is the word "florid" from the narrative defined?

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