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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 4 of the story, the narrator describes the judgment of the masses regarding the courtier by saying, "Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had" what?
(a) "Been set up."
(b) "Not been done."
(c) "Been fabricated."
(d) "Been done."

3. Of the princess, the narrator says in Part 4 that "she had done what no other person had done." What did the princess do?
(a) "She had taken a vow of honor before the king."
(b) "She had possessed herself of the secret of the doors."
(c) "She had chosen to appeal the king's orders."
(d) "She had sworn herself to exile from the kingdom forevermore."

4. What word from the narrative means to bring out or to obtain by special means?
(a) Endure.
(b) Compose.
(c) Procure.
(d) Constrain.

5. What word from the beginning of the novel means uninhibitedly enthusiastic?
(a) Dynamic.
(b) Metaphorical.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Detrimental.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the bells described if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?

2. How would you describe the king's method of governing?

3. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?

4. 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?

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

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