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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. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) A platform where dog-races take place.
(b) A ring or pit for entertainment or sports.
(c) A staged area for opera performances.
(d) A forested area set aside for public executions.

2. What is the king said to be greatly given to in the beginning of the story?
(a) Holding seminars.
(b) Consulting his cabinet.
(c) Self-communing.
(d) Adorning his wife with jewels.

3. 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?
(a) "Laws."
(b) "Facts."
(c) "Art."
(d) "Paintings."

4. How would you describe the language in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) Contemporary.
(b) Flowery.
(c) Stark.
(d) Factual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?

2. What word from the narrative means certain to happen or a situation that is unavoidable?

3. What major theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is established in the beginning of the story?

4. How would you describe the narrator's point of view?

5. What is the duty of the person on trial one they enter the arena?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is "barbarism" defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

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

5. What historical allusions does the author make in Part 1 of the story?

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

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

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

9. For what purposes does the narrator say the king's arena was NOT built in Part 2?

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

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