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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 knows which door contains the tiger and which contains the lady.
(c) That she has gone through with her plan to kill her father.
(d) That she is willing to die for him.

4. What happens to the courtier immediately after the king discovers the love affair?
(a) He is cast into prison.
(b) He is placed before a jury.
(c) He is exiled.
(d) He is executed.

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

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

7. Of the citizenry, the narrator says in Part 3, "they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or" what?
(a) "A hilarious wedding."
(b) "A joyful departure."
(c) "A solemn affair."
(d) "A crowning of greatness."

8. 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.

9. How is the princess's soul described at the arena in Part 4?
(a) "Intense and fervid."
(b) "Sullen and incooperative."
(c) "Majestic and cruel."
(d) "Wary and disdainful."

10. 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?
(a) Did you kill him?
(b) Do you love me?
(c) Which door?
(d) Will I be freed?

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

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

13. 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 most florid fancies."
(c) "A dozen roses."
(d) "His wife."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe the fate of the accused person if he found himself innocent in the arena?

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

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

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

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