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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) "Facts."
(b) "Laws."
(c) "Art."
(d) "Paintings."

4. 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 remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."
(c) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
(d) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."

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

6. 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) "Obtuse and angry."
(c) "Blander and more genial."
(d) "Flustered and anxious."

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

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

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

10. The narrator says in Part 2 of the story that the king's arena was built "for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop" what?
(a) "The talents of the people."
(b) "The mental energies of the people."
(c) "The logic and justice of the people."
(d) "The immigration of the people."

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

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

13. What does the word "wend" mean in the narrative?
(a) To compose.
(b) To go or leave.
(c) To sing.
(d) To write.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

2. Who gives the signal for the condemned to step into the arena?

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

4. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?

5. What word from the narrative means fair and just?

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