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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 does the public gather in the amphitheater for the trials of criminals?
(a) In the entranceway.
(b) In the arena.
(c) In the galleries.
(d) In the loft.

2. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."
(b) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
(c) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."
(d) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."

3. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?
(a) "Cavernous."
(b) "Steel-walled."
(c) "Mysterious."
(d) "Placating."

4. What children's magazine was Frank R. Stockton editor of?
(a) Hearth and Home.
(b) St. Nicholas.
(c) The Riverside Magazine.
(d) Time magazine.

5. When did Frank R. Stockton live?
(a) 1759-1815.
(b) 1840-1915.
(c) 1820-1899.
(d) 1834-1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?

2. What is the king said to be greatly given to in the beginning of the story?

3. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?

4. Where in the amphitheater does the king sit for the trials of criminals?

5. How are the distant neighbors described that helped to polish the king's ideas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Frank R. Stockton regarded as an author when "The Lady, or the Tiger?" was published?

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

5. How does the king respond when things go his way or do not, according to the narrator in Part 1?

6. How is the king's method of governance described in Part 1 of the story?

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

8. What takes place in preparation for a trial at the knig's arena?

9. When and where is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" set?

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

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