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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the courtier know immediately when he meets eyes with the princess in the arena?
(a) That she will exile herself and wait for him in another kingdom.
(b) That she has gone through with her plan to kill her father.
(c) That she knows which door contains the tiger and which contains the lady.
(d) That she is willing to die for him.

2. Of the princess, the narrator says in Part 4 that "she had done what no other person had done." What did the princess do?
(a) "She had possessed herself of the secret of the doors."
(b) "She had chosen to appeal the king's orders."
(c) "She had taken a vow of honor before the king."
(d) "She had sworn herself to exile from the kingdom forevermore."

3. Where in relation to the twin doors does the king sit in the arena?
(a) Across from the doors.
(b) Above the doors.
(c) Behind the doors.
(d) Below the doors.

4. For how long does the princess's love affair with the courtier last before the king finds out?
(a) Many years.
(b) Many months.
(c) One month.
(d) Two weeks.

5. In Part 4 of the story, the narrator describes the judgment of the masses regarding the courtier by saying, "Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had" what?
(a) "Not been done."
(b) "Been set up."
(c) "Been done."
(d) "Been fabricated."

6. How does the narrator describe the location of the tiger in the arena?
(a) "The tiger was always waiting behind the red door."
(b) "On some occasions the tiger came out of one door, and on some out of the other."
(c) "The tiger was always located behind the left door, but the criminal wouldn't know that."
(d) "The tiger was always located behind the door that was chosen."

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

8. What does the word "subordinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Inferior or secondary.
(b) Ordinary or plain.
(c) Painful.
(d) Exemplary.

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

10. The narrator says what of "the judgments of the king's arena" in Part 3?
(a) "There was glory in."
(b) "There was always the ability to appeal."
(c) "There was logic to."
(d) "There was no escape."

11. What word from the narrative refers to an established law or custom?
(a) Institution.
(b) Dictation.
(c) Coronation.
(d) Proscenium.

12. What do the dancing maidens enter the arena with if the criminal is proven innocent?
(a) Crowns.
(b) Kittens.
(c) Babies and sheep.
(d) Golden horns.

13. The narrator says in the conclusion of Part 3, "Did not the accused person have" what?
(a) "A system of logic at play in the affair?"
(b) "A fair and impartial jury?"
(c) "The whole matter in his own hands?"
(d) "An ability to appeal his fate?"

14. 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?
(a) "They'd be given gold."
(b) "It was taken into consideration."
(c) "It mattered not."
(d) "The family would be relocated."

15. What word from the story means to go before something else?
(a) Precede.
(b) Deduce.
(c) Perform.
(d) Induce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What determines a criminal's innocence or guilt in the arena?

2. The narrator says of the courtier in Part 4 that "his quick and anxious glance asked the question." What question does he ask with his glance?

3. What is described as waiting behind a second door in Part 3 of the story?

4. What is revealed about the princess's nature in Part 4 of the narrative as she sits in the arena?

5. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?

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