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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 word from the narrative means to come into opposition?
(a) Regulate.
(b) Interfere.
(c) Propel.
(d) Absorb.
2. What does the narrator say regarding the situation if a criminal was proven innocent in the arena and happened to have a wife and family?
(a) "It mattered not."
(b) "They'd be given gold."
(c) "The family would be relocated."
(d) "It was taken into consideration."
3. What word from the story refers to the assembling or people?
(a) Throng.
(b) Embarkment.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Endurance.
4. How does the narrator describe the fate of the accused person if he found himself innocent in the arena?
(a) "He was crowned on the spot and sent to live in the north."
(b) "He was given a dukedom and several villagers to work for him."
(c) "He was exiled and told never to return."
(d) "He was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not."
5. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?
(a) She does not know her.
(b) She worships her.
(c) She loves her.
(d) She hates her.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the king's feelings about his daughter in Part 4?
2. Who surveys the kingdom for "maiden youth and beauty" in Part 4 of the story?
3. How are the bells described if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?
4. Of the king's viewpoint in Part 4, the narrator says, "No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be" what?
5. What is described as waiting behind a second door in Part 3 of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator say in regards to if the accused man in the arena does not want his reward?
2. What theme is predominant in Part 4 of the story?
3. How does the princess feel about the maiden that waits behind the arena door in the story?
4. What secrets had the princess uncovered prior to the courtier's trial at the arena?
5. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?
6. What are the positive aspects of the king's decision to put the courtier to trial?
7. How is the unpredictability of the arena described in Part 3 of the narrative?
8. What does the lady behind the door symbolize in the story?
9. How is the ceremony described if the hypothetical accused man should open the door proving his innocence?
10. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?
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