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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 door does the courtier go to open in the end of Part 4?
2. Who leads the criminal to his new home after the ceremony if he is proven innocent in the arena?
3. For how long does the princess's love affair with the courtier last before the king finds out?
4. The narrator says in Part 4 of the story, "This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as" what?
5. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you compare the king's tribunal with our contemporary justice system?
2. What happens when the king discovers his daughter's love affair?
3. What does the lady behind the door symbolize in the story?
4. What signal does the princess give to the courtier in the arena?
5. How is the ceremony described if the hypothetical accused man should open the door proving his innocence?
6. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?
7. Discuss the word "fairness" as it is applied in the story. What does this word mean in the narrative?
8. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?
9. How does the narrator "set the scene" on the day of the courtier's trial?
10. How does the princess feel about the maiden that waits behind the arena door in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the doors of the arena. What is behind each door that the accused must choose from? How does the narrator describe the appearance of the doors? Where in the arena are the doors located?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of betrayal in the story. What betrayals take place in the course of the narrative? What POSSIBLE betrayals are described? How does the author support this theme through symbolism, imagery, character, and setting?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of secrets in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" What secrets are discovered and revealed in the course of the story? How does the author develop this theme through character and setting? What symbolism and imagery supports this theme?
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