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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 refers to singers in a choir?
(a) Jesters.
(b) Maidens.
(c) Percussionists.
(d) Choristers.
2. How do the masses respond to the appearance of the courtier in the arena in Part 4 of the story?
(a) "His appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety."
(b) "His appearance was greeted with fear and trepidation."
(c) "His appearance was greeted with cheers and screams."
(d) "His appearance was greeted with murmurs of disapproval."
3. Who leads the criminal to his new home after the ceremony if he is proven innocent in the arena?
(a) The king and his court.
(b) The priest.
(c) The princess.
(d) Children with flowers.
4. What does the word "determinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Evolved.
(b) Foreshadowed.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Conclusive.
5. What does the word "moiety" from the narrative mean?
(a) Generosity.
(b) A wish.
(c) Stability.
(d) A portion.
Short Answer Questions
1. Of the king's viewpoint in Part 4, the narrator says, "No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be" what?
2. How is the princess's lover described in Part 4 of the story?
3. How does the narrator describe the feelings of the king's subjects in regard to the trials at the arena?
4. What is described as waiting behind a second door in Part 3 of the story?
5. Where in relation to the twin doors does the king sit in the arena?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the ceremony described if the hypothetical accused man should open the door proving his innocence?
2. How is the unpredictability of the arena described in Part 3 of the narrative?
3. What preparations are made for the courtier's trial in Part 4?
4. How is the princess's lover described when his character is introduced in Part 4?
5. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?
6. What theme is predominant in Part 4 of the story?
7. What does the lady behind the door symbolize in the story?
8. How do the king's subjects feel about the system enacted at the king's arena?
9. What are the positive aspects of the king's decision to put the courtier to trial?
10. How does irony apply to the trial of the courtier in the king's arena?
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