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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
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. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to having a sense of the beautiful?
4. Of the citizenry, the narrator says in Part 3, "they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or" what?
5. Of the princess, the narrator says in Part 4 that "she had done what no other person had done." What did the princess do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the princess's lover described when his character is introduced in Part 4?
2. How does the princess feel about the maiden that waits behind the arena door in the story?
3. What theme is predominant in Part 4 of the story?
4. How is the princess described when her character is introduced in Part 4 of the story?
5. How does irony apply to the trial of the courtier in the king's arena?
6. How would you compare the tribunals in the king's arena to those in Ancient Rome?
7. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?
8. What does the priest in the story represent symbolically?
9. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?
10. How does the narrator "set the scene" on the day of the courtier's trial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of passion in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" How is this theme developed through character? How does the author develop the theme through setting? What symbolism and imagery supports this theme?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the princess's actions, objectives, obstacles, and conflicts in the arena. How does the princess perceive her lover when he enters the arena? What does she do in order to signal to him? What signal does she give? What inner conflicts does the narrator describe of the princess?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the role of the lady in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" Where in the arena does the lady await her fate? How is the lady chosen? What does the lady represent symbolically in the narrative?
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