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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. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?
(a) In the galleries.
(b) At the outer rim of the arena.
(c) Next to the king.
(d) Behind the king.

2. How are the iron bells described that ring if the criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) Merry.
(b) Doleful.
(c) Incorrigible.
(d) Valiant.

3. How would you describe the king's method of governing?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Autocratic.
(d) Egalitarian.

4. What word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?
(a) Apostate.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Propriety.
(d) Demonstration.

5. What word from the narrative means to bring out or to obtain by special means?
(a) Compose.
(b) Endure.
(c) Constrain.
(d) Procure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?

2. Of the king, it is said in the beginning of the story, "He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into" what?

3. Where does the public gather in the amphitheater for the trials of criminals?

4. Of the king, the narrator says in Part 2 that he "knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than" what?

5. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the attendees of the tribunals at the king's arena located within the amphitheater?

2. To what genres and literary styles is Frank R. Stockton most associated?

3. How is the structure of the king's arena described in Part 2 of the story?

4. What is the basis of justice in the king's arena?

5. What does the king represent symbolically or metaphorically in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

6. How would you describe the language style of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

7. How is the narrative in the beginning of the story related?

8. How can the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites be seen in Stockton's work?

9. What is the duty of the accused once he is summoned into the arena?

10. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the narrative?

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