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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story did Stockton write that acts as a sequel of sorts to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) "The Hundredth Man."
(b) "The Bee-Man of Orn."
(c) "The Captain's Toll-Gate."
(d) "The Discourager of Hesitancy."

2. How is the king described in the beginning of the story?
(a) "Logical but obtuse."
(b) "Intellectual and scientific."
(c) "Cultured and charismatic."
(d) "Semi-barbaric."

3. 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 the neighboring kingdoms."
(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 murder or theft."
(d) "When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king."

4. What word from the narrative refers to a tissue inserted into another tissue?
(a) Incurred.
(b) Ingrafted.
(c) Progressed.
(d) Devolved.

5. Where in the amphitheater does the king sit for the trials of criminals?
(a) In a glass cage overlooking the arena.
(b) In the galleries.
(c) In the arena itself.
(d) On a throne on one side of the arena.

6. Who gives the signal for the condemned to step into the arena?
(a) The king.
(b) The princess.
(c) The jester.
(d) The judge.

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

8. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?
(a) The Absurdists.
(b) The American humorists.
(c) The Beat generation.
(d) The Dadaists.

9. What does the word "wend" mean in the narrative?
(a) To sing.
(b) To compose.
(c) To go or leave.
(d) To write.

10. From what perspective is the narrative related in the beginning of the story?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) First person omniscient.

11. With what genre is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" associated?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Nonfiction.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Horror.

12. Of the criminal facing trial in the arena, the narrator says that he is subject to no guidance "but that of the aforementioned" what?
(a) "Riddle depicted by the jester."
(b) "Letter from the king."
(c) "Clues indicated from the masses."
(d) "Impartial and incorruptible chance."

13. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?
(a) Everlasting.
(b) Stringent.
(c) Metaphorical.
(d) Allegorical.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the passages of the amphitheater described in Part 2?

2. How many doors does the criminal face across from him in the arena?

3. How are the distant neighbors described that helped to polish the king's ideas?

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

5. What word from the beginning of the novel means uninhibitedly enthusiastic?

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