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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?
(a) The New Yorker magazine.
(b) The Century magazine.
(c) Time magazine.
(d) Reader's Digest.

2. How is the king's demeanor described when "some of his orbs got out of their orbits" in the beginning of the story?
(a) "Flustered and anxious."
(b) "Obtuse and angry."
(c) "Controlling and dominant."
(d) "Blander and more genial."

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

4. What word from the narrative refers to an epic poem or an instrumental composition?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Apostasy.
(c) Delineation.
(d) Rhapsody.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative refers to the capacity of persons or things to be a compelling force on the behavior or opinions of others?

2. Of the king, the narrator says in Part 2 that he "knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than" what?

3. When are criminals brought to the king's amphitheater, according to the narrator in Part 2?

4. In what tense is the story related?

5. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the story?

(see the answer key)

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