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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How would you describe the king's method of governing?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Autocratic.

3. How are the iron bells described that ring if the criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) Incorrigible.
(b) Merry.
(c) Doleful.
(d) Valiant.

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

5. How are the distant neighbors described that helped to polish the king's ideas?
(a) Distant Mongol neighbors.
(b) Distant Jewish neighbors.
(c) Distant Greek neighbors.
(d) Distant Latin neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the fate of the accused person if he found himself innocent in the arena?

2. What word from the beginning of the novel means uninhibitedly enthusiastic?

3. What does the word "wend" mean in the narrative?

4. What word from the narrative means causing or involving great fear or suffering?

5. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?

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