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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Climax.

2. What word from the narrative refers to an epic poem or an instrumental composition?
(a) Delineation.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Rhapsody.
(d) Apostasy.

3. How would you describe the king's method of governing?
(a) Autocratic.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Egalitarian.

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

5. How is the king's demeanor described when "some of his orbs got out of their orbits" in the beginning of the story?
(a) "Obtuse and angry."
(b) "Controlling and dominant."
(c) "Blander and more genial."
(d) "Flustered and anxious."

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

7. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?
(a) Cultivator.
(b) Dignitary.
(c) Creationist.
(d) Gladiator.

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

9. What does the word "hitch" mean in the narrative?
(a) A constable.
(b) A public stage.
(c) A state of worry.
(d) An obstacle or setback.

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

11. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the story?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) Fate.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Family.

12. How many doors does the criminal face across from him in the arena?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

14. When does the story take place?
(a) "In the years of the Great War."
(b) "In the 1800s."
(c) "Many many years into the future."
(d) "In the very olden time."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what tense is the story related?

3. What is the duty of the person on trial one they enter the arena?

4. Where does the public gather in the amphitheater for the trials of criminals?

5. What style does "The Lady, or the Tiger?" mimic?

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