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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in relation to the door that reveals the accused does the king sit in the arena?
(a) Below the door.
(b) Above the door.
(c) Behind the door.
(d) Across from the door.

2. What word from the story refers to the assembling or people?
(a) Throng.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Embarkment.
(d) Dedication.

3. How do the masses respond to the appearance of the courtier in the arena in Part 4 of the story?
(a) "His appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety."
(b) "His appearance was greeted with cheers and screams."
(c) "His appearance was greeted with fear and trepidation."
(d) "His appearance was greeted with murmurs of disapproval."

4. What word from the story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?
(a) Regulation.
(b) Retribution.
(c) Compehension.
(d) Evolution.

5. What does the word "moiety" from the narrative mean?
(a) A wish.
(b) A portion.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Stability.

6. What does the word "determinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Foreshadowed.
(d) Evolved.

7. How does the princess signal to the courtier in the arena?
(a) By blinking.
(b) By tilting her head.
(c) With her right hand.
(d) With her left hand.

8. How soon after making his decision is the criminal in the arena rewarded or punished?
(a) After two days.
(b) Immediately.
(c) After one day.
(d) After a week.

9. The narrator says in Part 3 that "the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of" what?
(a) "Incorrigibility to the institution."
(b) "Unfairness against the plan."
(c) "Retribution in the king's trials."
(d) "Justice in the institution."

10. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to a formal and authoritative order?
(a) Aria.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Decree.
(d) Cantata.

11. Of the king's viewpoint in Part 4, the narrator says, "No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be" what?
(a) "Adorned with riches."
(b) "Disposed of."
(c) "Wed to his daughter."
(d) "A part of the court."

12. What word from the story refers to the predetermined course of events?
(a) Destiny.
(b) Culpability.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Derision.

13. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?
(a) She does not know her.
(b) She loves her.
(c) She worships her.
(d) She hates her.

14. What happens to the courtier immediately after the king discovers the love affair?
(a) He is cast into prison.
(b) He is executed.
(c) He is placed before a jury.
(d) He is exiled.

15. What happens if the criminal on trial opens the door that leads to "a reward of his innocence"?
(a) He is immediately wed.
(b) He is given a dukedom.
(c) He is immediately killed.
(d) He is crowned king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say regarding the situation if a criminal was proven innocent in the arena and happened to have a wife and family?

2. How does the narrator describe the location of the tiger in the arena?

3. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?

4. The narrator says what of "the judgments of the king's arena" in Part 3?

5. What does the courtier know immediately when he meets eyes with the princess in the arena?

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