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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?
(a) Passion.
(b) Masochism.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Ambition.

2. What word from the narrative means certain to happen or a situation that is unavoidable?
(a) Undetermined.
(b) Culpable.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) Didier.

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

4. Who gives the signal for the condemned to step into the arena?
(a) The king.
(b) The jester.
(c) The judge.
(d) The princess.

5. What word from the narrative means to bring out or to obtain by special means?
(a) Compose.
(b) Procure.
(c) Endure.
(d) Constrain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did author Frank R. Stockton support himself before his work as an author?

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

3. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?

4. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?

5. How many doors does the criminal face across from him in the arena?

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