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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as waiting behind a second door in Part 3 of the story?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A sword.
(c) A lady.
(d) A throne.

2. From what perspective is the narrative related in the beginning of the story?
(a) First person.
(b) First person omniscient.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

3. 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 poetic songs of freedom."
(d) "With merry laughter and dancing."

4. How are the doors that the criminal must choose from described in the narrative?
(a) White and black.
(b) Exactly alike.
(c) Round and square.
(d) Blue and red.

5. What literary word refers to a typical example of a certain person or thing, such as the characters in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) Proscenium.
(b) Parable.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Archetype.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative refers to singers in a choir?

2. What word from the short story means uncivilized or primitive?

3. What major theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is established in the beginning of the story?

4. The narrator says in Part 3 that "the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of" what?

5. What happens if the criminal on trial opens the door that leads to "a reward of his innocence"?

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