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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 ordinary or undistinguished?
(a) Coronary.
(b) Devolved.
(c) Responsible.
(d) Commonplace.

2. What word from the narrative means to come into opposition?
(a) Regulate.
(b) Absorb.
(c) Interfere.
(d) Propel.

3. What does the word "suitable" mean in the narrative?
(a) Appropriate or fitting.
(b) Unmatched.
(c) Ordinary or plain.
(d) Irregular.

4. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to a formal and authoritative order?
(a) Decree.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Cantata.
(d) Aria.

5. How is the princess's soul described at the arena in Part 4?
(a) "Majestic and cruel."
(b) "Sullen and incooperative."
(c) "Wary and disdainful."
(d) "Intense and fervid."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part 4 of the story means domineering, dictatorial, or overbearing?

2. Where in relation to the twin doors does the king sit in the arena?

3. What part of the plot structure of the story is found in Part 3?

4. How does the narrator describe the king's feelings about his daughter in Part 4?

5. What word in the text refers to the act of performing of a ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theme is predominant in Part 4 of the story?

2. How does the princess feel about the maiden that waits behind the arena door in the story?

3. What does the narrator say in regards to if the accused man in the arena does not want his reward?

4. What does the priest in the story represent symbolically?

5. How do the king's subjects feel about the system enacted at the king's arena?

6. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?

7. How is the unpredictability of the arena described in Part 3 of the narrative?

8. How would you compare the tribunals in the king's arena to those in Ancient Rome?

9. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?

10. How does the narrator describe the king's method of administering justice in Part 3?

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