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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?
(a) Propriety.
(b) Demonstration.
(c) Apostate.
(d) Privilege.

3. What word from Part 4 of the story means domineering, dictatorial, or overbearing?
(a) Imperious.
(b) Secular.
(c) Metaphorical.
(d) Allegorical.

4. What does the narrator describe the princess doing when she envisioned her lover at the door revealing the lady in Part 5?
(a) Gnashing her teeth and tearing her hair.
(b) Killing her father.
(c) Leaving the kingdom.
(d) Singing along with the dancing maidens.

5. 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 done."
(b) "Been set up."
(c) "Been fabricated."
(d) "Not been done."

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the story take place?

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

3. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?

4. How does the narrator describe the fairness of the arena in Part 3?

5. What British author of Robinson Crusoe was Frank R. Stockton compared to by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch?

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