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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the story take place?
(a) "Many many years into the future."
(b) "In the 1800s."
(c) "In the very olden time."
(d) "In the years of the Great War."

2. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?
(a) Unrestrained.
(b) Popular.
(c) Wary.
(d) Intelligent.

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

4. How are the galleries of the amphitheater described in the story?
(a) "Below the stage."
(b) "Linear."
(c) "Above the stage."
(d) "Encircling."

5. What is described behind one of the doors in Part 2 of the narrative?
(a) A jester.
(b) A judge.
(c) A tiger.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

3. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?

4. 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?

5. What word from the narrative means to bring out or to obtain by special means?

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