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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?
(a) Next to the king.
(b) At the outer rim of the arena.
(c) Behind the king.
(d) In the galleries.

7. Of the king, it is said in the beginning of the story, "He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into" what?
(a) "Paintings."
(b) "Facts."
(c) "Art."
(d) "Laws."

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

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

10. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."
(b) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."
(c) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."
(d) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?

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

3. What does the word "wend" mean in the narrative?

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

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

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