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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. Who surveys the kingdom for "maiden youth and beauty" in Part 4 of the story?
(a) "Competent judges."
(b) "The princess."
(c) "The king himself."
(d) "The prince."

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

3. What word from the story means to seek ambitiously?
(a) Depend.
(b) Gravitate.
(c) Evolve.
(d) Aspire.

4. What did the princess use in order to obtain certain secrets, according to the narrator in Part 4?
(a) "Magic from a wizard."
(b) "Threats of exile and execution."
(c) "Her father's authority and suggestion."
(d) "Gold, and the power of a woman's will."

5. What does the word "fervent" mean in the narrative?
(a) Burning or ardent.
(b) Secular.
(c) Decayed.
(d) Dismal or barren.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?

2. What word from the narrative means ordinary or undistinguished?

3. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?

4. How does the narrator describe the location of the tiger in the arena?

5. Who leads the criminal to his new home after the ceremony if he is proven innocent in the arena?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the word "fairness" as it is applied in the story. What does this word mean in the narrative?

2. What does the lady behind the door symbolize in the story?

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

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

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

6. How would you compare the king's tribunal with our contemporary justice system?

7. What are the positive aspects of the king's decision to put the courtier to trial?

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

9. What is the crime that the courtier is charged with?

10. What preparations are made for the courtier's trial in Part 4?

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