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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?
(a) Wary.
(b) Popular.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Unrestrained.

2. What is revealed about the princess's nature in Part 4 of the narrative as she sits in the arena?
(a) She is guilty.
(b) She is murderous.
(c) She is innocent.
(d) She is jealous.

3. What major theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is established in the beginning of the story?
(a) Murder.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Passion.
(d) Revenge.

4. How are the doors that the criminal must choose from described in the narrative?
(a) Blue and red.
(b) Round and square.
(c) White and black.
(d) Exactly alike.

5. What word from the narrative refers to the capacity of persons or things to be a compelling force on the behavior or opinions of others?
(a) Courage.
(b) Influence.
(c) Benediction.
(d) Apostate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part 5 of the narrative means to take for granted or suppose?

2. Who wrote about Stockton's "The Lady, or the Tiger?" in The Development of the American Short Story: An Historical Survey?

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

4. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?

5. How does the narrator describe the princess's action with her hand in Part 5 of the narrative?

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