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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to having a sense of the beautiful?
(a) Culinary.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Mundane.
(d) Arbitrary.

2. What are the two outcomes for the criminal depending on his choice of door in the arena?
(a) To be crowned or married.
(b) To be devoured or married.
(c) To be exiled or hung.
(d) To be knighted or killed.

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

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

5. Which door does the princess signal the courtier to in the arena?
(a) The right door.
(b) The middle door.
(c) The upper door.
(d) The left door.

6. 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 fear and trepidation."
(b) "His appearance was greeted with cheers and screams."
(c) "His appearance was greeted with murmurs of disapproval."
(d) "His appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety."

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

8. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?
(a) "Civilized method."
(b) "Logical and fair method."
(c) "Semi-barbaric method."
(d) "Irrational method."

9. What is described as waiting behind a second door in Part 3 of the story?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A lady.
(c) A throne.
(d) A sword.

10. What determines a criminal's innocence or guilt in the arena?
(a) The judge.
(b) The jury.
(c) His deductive abilities.
(d) Chance.

11. What word in the text refers to the act of performing of a ceremony?
(a) Solemnize.
(b) Oration.
(c) Recitative.
(d) Aria.

12. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?
(a) Proscenium.
(b) Epithalamium.
(c) Cantata.
(d) Aria.

13. What word from Part 4 of the story means domineering, dictatorial, or overbearing?
(a) Allegorical.
(b) Imperious.
(c) Metaphorical.
(d) Secular.

14. Where does the princess sit in relation to her father in the arena in Part 4 of the story?
(a) Above her father.
(b) To the left of her father.
(c) To the right of her father.
(d) Across from her father.

15. What is revealed about the princess's nature in Part 4 of the narrative as she sits in the arena?
(a) She is jealous.
(b) She is guilty.
(c) She is murderous.
(d) She is innocent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story refers to the assembling or people?

2. What word from the story means to go before something else?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the fairness of the arena in Part 3?

5. What does the word "fervent" mean in the narrative?

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