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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 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) "It mattered not."
(d) "The family would be relocated."

2. What is described behind one of the doors in Part 2 of the narrative?
(a) A judge.
(b) A jester.
(c) The king.
(d) A tiger.

3. What are the two outcomes for the criminal depending on his choice of door in the arena?
(a) To be knighted or killed.
(b) To be devoured or married.
(c) To be exiled or hung.
(d) To be crowned or married.

4. How does the princess signal to the courtier in the arena?
(a) With her right hand.
(b) By tilting her head.
(c) With her left hand.
(d) By blinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the princess use in order to obtain certain secrets, according to the narrator in Part 4?

2. What word from the narrative means fair and just?

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

4. What word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?

5. How is the courtier's appearance described when he appears in the arena in Part 4?

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