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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What style does "The Lady, or the Tiger?" mimic?
(a) That of a Biblical tale.
(b) That of a fairy tale.
(c) That of a Greek mythological tale.
(d) That of a horror story.

5. Where was Frank R. Stockton from?
(a) Philadelphia, PA.
(b) Dublin, Ireland.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) London, England.

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

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

8. What major theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is established in the beginning of the story?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Murder.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Passion.

9. How did author Frank R. Stockton support himself before his work as an author?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was a book binder.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was a wood engraver.

10. What word from the narrative means fair and just?
(a) Partial.
(b) Allegorical.
(c) Impartial.
(d) Metaphorical.

11. How does the narrator describe the king in Part 2?
(a) "Every wizard a king."
(b) "Very much a liberal king."
(c) "Every barleycorn a king."
(d) "A jester of a king."

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

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

14. What word from the narrative means to bring out or to obtain by special means?
(a) Constrain.
(b) Endure.
(c) Procure.
(d) Compose.

15. Where was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?
(a) The New Yorker magazine.
(b) The Century magazine.
(c) Time magazine.
(d) Reader's Digest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the word "florid" from the narrative defined?

3. How would you describe the language in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

4. What literary word refers to a typical example of a certain person or thing, such as the characters in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

5. What is described behind one of the doors in Part 2 of the narrative?

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