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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 story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?
(a) Regulation.
(b) Compehension.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Retribution.

2. What word from the narrative means causing or involving great fear or suffering?
(a) Angelic.
(b) Dire.
(c) Trepid.
(d) Vapid.

3. What happens to the courtier immediately after the king discovers the love affair?
(a) He is exiled.
(b) He is executed.
(c) He is placed before a jury.
(d) He is cast into prison.

4. The narrator says in Part 3 that "the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of" what?
(a) "Unfairness against the plan."
(b) "Justice in the institution."
(c) "Incorrigibility to the institution."
(d) "Retribution in the king's trials."

5. When are criminals brought to the king's amphitheater, according to the narrator in Part 2?
(a) "When a subject was accused of a crime that involved murder or theft."
(b) "When a subject was accused of a crime that involved the royal court."
(c) "When a subject was accused of a crime that involved the neighboring kingdoms."
(d) "When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?

2. What door does the courtier go to open in the end of Part 4?

3. What word from the narrative refers to a tissue inserted into another tissue?

4. How is the king described in the beginning of the story?

5. What aspect common to children's stories did Frank R. Stockton avoid in his writing?

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