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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe the feelings of the king's subjects in regard to the trials at the arena?
(a) It was reviled among the citizens.
(b) It was looked down upon by the citizens.
(c) It was dreaded among the citizens.
(d) It was popular among the citizens.

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

4. The narrator says in Part 4 of the story, "This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as" what?
(a) "His most sanguine memories."
(b) "His wife."
(c) "A dozen roses."
(d) "His most florid fancies."

5. What door does the courtier go to open in the end of Part 4?
(a) The middle door.
(b) The left door.
(c) The right door.
(d) The upper door.

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

7. What word from the story means to seek ambitiously?
(a) Aspire.
(b) Gravitate.
(c) Evolve.
(d) Depend.

8. 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 taken a vow of honor before the king."
(c) "She had chosen to appeal the king's orders."
(d) "She had sworn herself to exile from the kingdom forevermore."

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

10. What does the word "suitable" mean in the narrative?
(a) Irregular.
(b) Ordinary or plain.
(c) Unmatched.
(d) Appropriate or fitting.

11. How is the princess's lover described in Part 4 of the story?
(a) "He was meritless save for his capacity of mind."
(b) "He was short and muscular, and intelligent to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom."
(c) "He was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom."
(d) "He was domineering and regal and above the king's station."

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

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

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

15. From where does the priest emerge if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?
(a) From the galleries.
(b) From a door behind the king.
(c) From above the criminal.
(d) From a door before the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the courtier immediately after the king discovers the love affair?

2. What did the princess use in order to obtain certain secrets, according to the narrator in Part 4?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the king's feelings about his daughter in Part 4?

5. Where in relation to the door that reveals the accused does the king sit in the arena?

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