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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."
(b) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."
(c) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
(d) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."

2. 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 book binder.
(d) He was a banker.

3. How are the passages of the amphitheater described in Part 2?
(a) "Unseen."
(b) "Visible."
(c) "Steel-walled."
(d) "Glass-walled."

4. What word from the narrative means menacingly wild or savage?
(a) Fierce.
(b) Morose.
(c) Morbid.
(d) Sullen.

5. How would you describe the king's method of governing?
(a) Autocratic.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Egalitarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story did Stockton write that acts as a sequel of sorts to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

2. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?

3. How would you describe the narrator's point of view?

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

5. Of the king, it is said in the beginning of the story, "He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into" what?

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