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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in relation to the door that reveals the accused does the king sit in the arena?
(a) Behind the door.
(b) Across from the door.
(c) Below the door.
(d) Above the door.

2. What authors is Stockton compared to in The Development of the American Short Story: An Historical Survey?
(a) Lewis Carroll and Mark Twain.
(b) Fred Lewis Pattee and Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Henry Ford and Mark White.
(d) Henry Golemba and Joyce Carol Oates.

3. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?
(a) Made partial.
(b) Coagulated.
(c) Incurred.
(d) Observed.

4. How are the king's "subjects refined and cultured," according to the narrator?
(a) "By exhibitions of manly and beastly valor."
(b) "By displays of musical talent and performance."
(c) "By a panel of judges chosen from the populace."
(d) "By a determination of the logic of the crime."

5. How does the narrator describe the princess's action with her hand in Part 5 of the narrative?
(a) "She had moved her hand to the rear."
(b) "She had waved her hand solemnly."
(c) "She had moved her hand to the right."
(d) "She had moved her hand to the left."

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of the courtier in Part 4 that "his quick and anxious glance asked the question." What question does he ask with his glance?

2. What word from Part 5 of the story means feeling or showing pain and suffering?

3. What word in the text refers to the act of performing of a ceremony?

4. What word from Part 5 of the story means full of ecstatic joy?

5. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?

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