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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the passages of the amphitheater described in Part 2?
(a) "Glass-walled."
(b) "Visible."
(c) "Steel-walled."
(d) "Unseen."

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

3. What aspect common to children's stories did Frank R. Stockton avoid in his writing?
(a) Moralizing.
(b) Satire.
(c) Archetypes.
(d) Irony.

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

5. What children's magazine was Frank R. Stockton editor of?
(a) Hearth and Home.
(b) St. Nicholas.
(c) The Riverside Magazine.
(d) Time magazine.

6. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?
(a) "Steel-walled."
(b) "Mysterious."
(c) "Cavernous."
(d) "Placating."

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

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

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

10. How would you describe the setting of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) A city filled with skyscrapers.
(b) An ancient kingdom.
(c) A contemporary town.
(d) A small country village.

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

12. Where does the public gather in the amphitheater for the trials of criminals?
(a) In the loft.
(b) In the arena.
(c) In the galleries.
(d) In the entranceway.

13. In what tense is the story related?
(a) Future tense.
(b) Present tense.
(c) Past tense.
(d) Passive future tense.

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

15. What is described behind one of the doors in Part 2 of the narrative?
(a) A jester.
(b) A judge.
(c) A tiger.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative refers to a tissue inserted into another tissue?

2. When are criminals brought to the king's amphitheater, according to the narrator in Part 2?

3. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?

4. What major theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is established in the beginning of the story?

5. What word from the short story means uncivilized or primitive?

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