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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. How are the bells described if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?
2. Of the king's viewpoint in Part 4, the narrator says, "No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be" what?
3. What word from the narrative means intense devotion or enthusiasm?
4. From where does the priest emerge if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?
5. What determines a criminal's innocence or guilt in the arena?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the priest in the story represent symbolically?
2. What signal does the princess give to the courtier in the arena?
3. What does the lady behind the door symbolize in the story?
4. Discuss the word "fairness" as it is applied in the story. What does this word mean in the narrative?
5. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?
6. How is the unpredictability of the arena described in Part 3 of the narrative?
7. How does the princess feel about the maiden that waits behind the arena door in the story?
8. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?
9. What is the crime that the courtier is charged with?
10. How is the princess's lover described when his character is introduced in Part 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the character of the princess in the story. How is the princess's temperament described? What is remarked about the princess's appearance? How would you describe the princess's relationship with her father?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the change that occurs in the narrative style in the final section of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" From what perspective is Part 5 related? Why does the author change narrative perspective here? What impact does this shift have on the plot structure of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of fate/chance in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" How are fate and chance defined by the narrator? How are these concepts connected to fairness in the story? Do you think that the king's arena is a fair and just tribunal? Why or why not?
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