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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the audience in the case where a criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) "With bowed heads and downcast hearts."
(b) "With rapturous cries of justice."
(c) "With merry laughter and dancing."
(d) "With poetic songs of freedom."

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

3. What artistic movement influenced Frank R. Stockton and other authors during his time period?
(a) The Cubists.
(b) The Pre-Raphaelites.
(c) The Dadaists.
(d) The Modernists.

4. How are the iron bells described that ring if the criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) Merry.
(b) Doleful.
(c) Incorrigible.
(d) Valiant.

5. What is the duty of the person on trial one they enter the arena?
(a) To beg for mercy from the court.
(b) To prove one's innocence through logic.
(c) To perform a musical display.
(d) To choose a door and open it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative means causing or involving great fear or suffering?

2. Who gives the signal for the condemned to step into the arena?

3. How does the narrator describe the king in Part 2?

4. When was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?

5. What word from the narrative means menacingly wild or savage?

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