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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the narrative means fair and just?
(a) Partial.
(b) Metaphorical.
(c) Impartial.
(d) Allegorical.

2. When did Frank R. Stockton live?
(a) 1759-1815.
(b) 1840-1915.
(c) 1834-1902.
(d) 1820-1899.

3. How is the princess's soul described at the arena in Part 4?
(a) "Majestic and cruel."
(b) "Sullen and incooperative."
(c) "Wary and disdainful."
(d) "Intense and fervid."

4. What word from the story refers to doubt or unpredictability?
(a) Luminosity.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Viscosity.
(d) Incorrigible.

5. The king's vast amphitheater is described in Part 2 as "an agent of" what?
(a) "Cruel fate."
(b) "Poetic justice."
(c) "Evolution."
(d) "Change."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?

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

3. Where in the amphitheater does the king sit for the trials of criminals?

4. What determines a criminal's innocence or guilt in the arena?

5. Of the criminal facing trial in the arena, the narrator says that he is subject to no guidance "but that of the aforementioned" what?

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