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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What determines a criminal's innocence or guilt in the arena?
(a) The jury.
(b) The judge.
(c) His deductive abilities.
(d) Chance.

2. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?
(a) Creationist.
(b) Dignitary.
(c) Cultivator.
(d) Gladiator.

3. What story did Stockton write that acts as a sequel of sorts to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) "The Hundredth Man."
(b) "The Bee-Man of Orn."
(c) "The Captain's Toll-Gate."
(d) "The Discourager of Hesitancy."

4. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?
(a) "Logical and fair method."
(b) "Semi-barbaric method."
(c) "Irrational method."
(d) "Civilized method."

5. What word from the story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?
(a) Regulation.
(b) Retribution.
(c) Compehension.
(d) Evolution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from Part 3 of the story refers to the act of bringing into use or operation?

3. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?

4. What does the word "suitable" mean in the narrative?

5. What is described as waiting behind a second door in Part 3 of the story?

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