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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the word "florid" from the narrative defined?
(a) Cultured.
(b) Decayed.
(c) Showy.
(d) Negative.

2. What word from the narrative means menacingly wild or savage?
(a) Fierce.
(b) Morose.
(c) Morbid.
(d) Sullen.

3. Of the king, the narrator says in Part 2 that he "knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than" what?
(a) "That of the guillotine."
(b) "Pleased his fancy."
(c) "The laws of God."
(d) "Involved his family."

4. What does the word "idealism" refer to in the narrative?
(a) The study of governance.
(b) The belief in government.
(c) The pursuit of high or noble principles.
(d) The belief in God.

5. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) A ring or pit for entertainment or sports.
(b) A platform where dog-races take place.
(c) A staged area for opera performances.
(d) A forested area set aside for public executions.

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

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

8. What word from the narrative means certain to happen or a situation that is unavoidable?
(a) Undetermined.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Didier.
(d) Culpable.

9. What is the duty of the person on trial one they enter the arena?
(a) To perform a musical display.
(b) To choose a door and open it.
(c) To prove one's innocence through logic.
(d) To beg for mercy from the court.

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

11. 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) Apostate.
(b) Influence.
(c) Courage.
(d) Benediction.

12. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Masochism.
(c) Passion.
(d) Intelligence.

13. What word from the beginning of the novel means uninhibitedly enthusiastic?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Metaphorical.
(c) Dynamic.
(d) Detrimental.

14. What word from the short story means uncivilized or primitive?
(a) Apostate.
(b) Cultured.
(c) Exemplary.
(d) Barbaric.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of the criminal facing trial in the arena, the narrator says that he is subject to no guidance "but that of the aforementioned" what?

3. How does the narrator describe the king in Part 2?

4. When does the story take place?

5. What word from the narrative means to bring out or to obtain by special means?

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