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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?
(a) It "lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have attained."
(b) It "gave the spectators a sense of tension and fear, and always reminded them to stay in line."
(c) It "gave an apprehension to the audience and a lack of interest."
(d) It "brought forth tears of excess for the populace."

2. What word from Part 4 of the story means domineering, dictatorial, or overbearing?
(a) Secular.
(b) Allegorical.
(c) Metaphorical.
(d) Imperious.

3. What does the courtier do upon entering the arena in Part 4 of the story?
(a) He bows to the king.
(b) He bows to the jury.
(c) He bows to the judge.
(d) He beats on the door.

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

5. What does the word "subordinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Inferior or secondary.
(b) Exemplary.
(c) Painful.
(d) Ordinary or plain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dancing maidens enter the arena with if the criminal is proven innocent?

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

3. What word from the story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?

4. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?

5. What does the word "fervent" mean in the narrative?

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