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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who surveys the kingdom for "maiden youth and beauty" in Part 4 of the story?
(a) "Competent judges."
(b) "The prince."
(c) "The princess."
(d) "The king himself."

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

3. How is the courtier's appearance described when he appears in the arena in Part 4?
(a) "Tall, beautiful, fair."
(b) "Basic and cruel."
(c) "Impertinent and sallow."
(d) "Short, muscular, solid."

4. Who leads the criminal to his new home after the ceremony if he is proven innocent in the arena?
(a) The king and his court.
(b) The priest.
(c) Children with flowers.
(d) The princess.

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

6. How does the narrator describe the fairness of the arena in Part 3?
(a) "Its fairness was much disputed."
(b) "Its fairness, or lack thereof, was cautionary."
(c) "It was as fair as the guillotine."
(d) "Its perfect fairness is obvious."

7. What word from Part 3 of the story refers to the act of bringing into use or operation?
(a) Enlisting.
(b) Evolving.
(c) Administering.
(d) Discouraging.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What prevents the sounds of "noise or suggestion" behind the doors in the arena?
(a) Walls of wood.
(b) The murmering of the masses.
(c) Walls of heavy steel.
(d) Heavily curtained skins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?

2. 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?

3. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?

4. What do the dancing maidens enter the arena with if the criminal is proven innocent?

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

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