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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of the king, it is said in the beginning of the story, "He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into" what?
(a) "Facts."
(b) "Paintings."
(c) "Laws."
(d) "Art."

3. What does the narrator say regarding the situation if a criminal was proven innocent in the arena and happened to have a wife and family?
(a) "They'd be given gold."
(b) "It was taken into consideration."
(c) "The family would be relocated."
(d) "It mattered not."

4. What artistic movement influenced Frank R. Stockton and other authors during his time period?
(a) The Dadaists.
(b) The Cubists.
(c) The Pre-Raphaelites.
(d) The Modernists.

5. What word from the story refers to the assembling or people?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Embarkment.
(c) Throng.
(d) Endurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?

2. Who leads the criminal to his new home after the ceremony if he is proven innocent in the arena?

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

4. Where does the public gather in the amphitheater for the trials of criminals?

5. What theme is explored in Part 3 of the story?

(see the answer key)

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