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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 do the dancing maidens enter the arena with if the criminal is proven innocent?
2. What determines a criminal's innocence or guilt in the arena?
3. Of the citizenry, the narrator says in Part 3, "they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or" what?
4. In Part 4 of the story, the narrator describes the judgment of the masses regarding the courtier by saying, "Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had" what?
5. What word from the narrative means intense devotion or enthusiasm?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the ceremony described if the hypothetical accused man should open the door proving his innocence?
2. How would you compare the king's tribunal with our contemporary justice system?
3. What is the crime that the courtier is charged with?
4. What happens when the king discovers his daughter's love affair?
5. What preparations are made for the courtier's trial in Part 4?
6. How does irony apply to the trial of the courtier in the king's arena?
7. How do the king's subjects feel about the system enacted at the king's arena?
8. What does the narrator say in regards to if the accused man in the arena does not want his reward?
9. How would you compare the tribunals in the king's arena to those in Ancient Rome?
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
Describe and discuss the tone and mood of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" How does the author develop the tone and mood of the story in Part 1? What are examples of literary devices that develop the tone and mood? Do the tone and mood change in the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the narrative style of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" From what perspective is the story related? Is the narrative related in the present or past tense? Is the narrator's perspective omniscient or limited? What impact do each of these choices have on the work?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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