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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 does the word "fervent" mean in the narrative?
(a) Decayed.
(b) Secular.
(c) Dismal or barren.
(d) Burning or ardent.
2. What word from the story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Regulation.
(c) Compehension.
(d) Retribution.
3. The narrator says in Part 3 that "the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of" what?
(a) "Incorrigibility to the institution."
(b) "Retribution in the king's trials."
(c) "Unfairness against the plan."
(d) "Justice in the institution."
4. The narrator says of the courtier in Part 4 that "his quick and anxious glance asked the question." What question does he ask with his glance?
(a) Will I be freed?
(b) Which door?
(c) Did you kill him?
(d) Do you love me?
5. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?
(a) Aria.
(b) Epithalamium.
(c) Proscenium.
(d) Cantata.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the word "subordinate" mean in the narrative?
2. What is revealed about the princess's nature in Part 4 of the narrative as she sits in the arena?
3. From where does the priest emerge 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 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 is the unpredictability of the arena described in Part 3 of the narrative?
3. What signal does the princess give to the courtier in the arena?
4. What is the crime that the courtier is charged with?
5. How would you compare the king's tribunal with our contemporary justice system?
6. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?
7. What does the narrator say in regards to if the accused man in the arena does not want his reward?
8. What are the positive aspects of the king's decision to put the courtier to trial?
9. What does the priest in the story represent symbolically?
10. What preparations are made for the courtier's trial in Part 4?
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