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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the word "wend" mean in the narrative?
(a) To compose.
(b) To sing.
(c) To write.
(d) To go or leave.
2. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?
(a) Stringent.
(b) Allegorical.
(c) Metaphorical.
(d) Everlasting.
3. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?
(a) Dignitary.
(b) Cultivator.
(c) Gladiator.
(d) Creationist.
4. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Passion.
(d) Masochism.
5. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."
(b) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."
(c) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."
(d) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from the narrative refers to an epic poem or an instrumental composition?
2. What aspect common to children's stories did Frank R. Stockton avoid in his writing?
3. Of the criminal facing trial in the arena, the narrator says that he is subject to no guidance "but that of the aforementioned" what?
4. The king's vast amphitheater is described in Part 2 as "an agent of" what?
5. How are the king's "subjects refined and cultured," according to the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. What takes place in preparation for a trial at the knig's arena?
2. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the narrative?
3. To what genres and literary styles is Frank R. Stockton most associated?
4. How would you describe the language style of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
5. What is the duty of the accused once he is summoned into the arena?
6. How is the king's method of governance described in Part 1 of the story?
7. What is described in the hypothetical scenario where the accused man opens the first door in Part 2?
8. What does the king represent symbolically or metaphorically in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
9. How can the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites be seen in Stockton's work?
10. How does the king respond when things go his way or do not, according to the narrator in Part 1?
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