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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What word from the narrative means to come into opposition?
(a) Propel.
(b) Interfere.
(c) Absorb.
(d) Regulate.

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

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

6. 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) "Been done."
(b) "Been fabricated."
(c) "Not been done."
(d) "Been set up."

7. 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) One month.
(d) Many months.

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

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) "Retribution in the king's trials."
(c) "Unfairness against the plan."
(d) "Justice in the institution."

10. What word from the story refers to a court of justice?
(a) Tribunal.
(b) Aria.
(c) Recitative.
(d) Proscenium.

11. What part of the plot structure of the story is found in Part 3?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Falling action.
(d) Climax.

12. What word from the narrative means intense devotion or enthusiasm?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Ardor.
(c) Degradation.
(d) Derision.

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

14. How does the narrator describe the king's feelings about his daughter in Part 4?
(a) "She was his greatest worry."
(b) "She was an annoyance to him."
(c) "She was the apple of his eye."
(d) "She was the bane of his existence."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the princess, the narrator says in Part 4 that "she had done what no other person had done." What did the princess do?

2. How does the narrator describe the feelings of the king's subjects in regard to the trials at the arena?

3. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?

4. How is the princess's lover described in Part 4 of the story?

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

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