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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 was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?
(a) The New Yorker magazine.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) The Century magazine.
(d) Time magazine.

2. What literary word refers to a typical example of a certain person or thing, such as the characters in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) Proscenium.
(b) Archetype.
(c) Parable.
(d) Antagonist.

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

4. How are the doors that the criminal must choose from described in the narrative?
(a) Exactly alike.
(b) Round and square.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) White and black.

5. When did Frank R. Stockton live?
(a) 1820-1899.
(b) 1840-1915.
(c) 1759-1815.
(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 word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?

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?

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

5. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Upon what historial structure(s) is the king's arena based?

7. What is described in the hypothetical scenario where the accused man opens the first door in Part 2?

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

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

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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