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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the courtier know immediately when he meets eyes with the princess in the arena?
(a) That she has gone through with her plan to kill her father.
(b) That she will exile herself and wait for him in another kingdom.
(c) That she knows which door contains the tiger and which contains the lady.
(d) That she is willing to die for him.

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

5. How are the bells described if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?
(a) "Heavy metal bells."
(b) "Mournful bells."
(c) "Gay brass bells."
(d) "Grey, sullen bells."

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

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

8. The narrator states in Part 4 of the narrative, "Never before had such a case occurred; never before had a subject dared to" do what?
(a) "Love the daughter of the king."
(b) "Murder the royal court."
(c) "Betray the kingdom for another."
(d) "Commit so terrorist of an act."

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?
(a) She does not know her.
(b) She loves her.
(c) She worships her.
(d) She hates her.

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

15. 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 possessed herself of the secret of the doors."
(c) "She had sworn herself to exile from the kingdom forevermore."
(d) "She had chosen to appeal the king's orders."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator described "the masses" during the trials at the arena?

2. What word from the narrative refers to singers in a choir?

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

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

5. What word from the story refers to doubt or unpredictability?

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