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The Lady, or the Tiger
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Why did the king have accused people go into the arena?
He loked to see others suffer.
He believed it was fair to leave it up to fate.
He thought it was an appropriate punishment.
He found it entertaining.
2
How would you describe the princess's feelings toward the lady-in-waiting?
friendly
admiring
jealous
fearful
3
Which of the following was the king described as?
an evil twisted dictator
one hundred percent barbaric
a cruel ferocious man
a man of exuberant fancy
4
What was the arena used for?
poetic justice
bull fighting
gladiators
plays
5
What is the tone of the following: "It's perfect fairness is obvious."?
impartial
ironic
wise
rude
6
Who were the distant Latin neighbors the text referred to?
Spartans
Vikings
Greeks
Romans
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Which of the following literary devices is "She was the apple of his eye"?
idiom
simile
personification
metaphor
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"His eyes were fixed upon the princess who sat ..." suggests what about their relationship?
He wants to kill her.
He is placing his fate in her hands.
He wants to gaze upon her one last time.
He is going to ask her out.
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Which of these is not a theme of the story?
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Be careful who you trust.
A tiger can't change its stripes.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
10
What did the king like best?
to make popular decisions.
to make things perfect.
none of the above
to sentence people to death.
11
Why couldn't the princess and her lover get married?
He had been banished from the kingdom.
He lived in another country.
He was of a lower station than she was.
He was killed in war.
12
The princess's lover never _____ to open the door.
asserted
wavered
anguished
aspired
13
How would you describe the king in the story?
imaginaitive
imperious
intellectual
illusive
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How did the spectators characterize the young man?
tall, gorgeous, muscular
short, ugly, weird
tall, beautiful, fair
tall, handsome, nice
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How did the princess know where the tiger was?
She bribed the keepers
She put the tiger there herself.
The lady told her.
She took an educated guess.
16
What was the mood when the young man stepped into the arena?
appalled
jealous
joyful
calm
17
What does the expression "she was the apple of his eye" mean?
The king's poor vision mistook his daughter for an apple.
The king was weird and thought of his daughter as an apple.
The king liked apples as much as he liked his daughter.
The king cherished and adored his daughter above all else.
18
Why was the princess so calm when she indicated which door her lover should choose?
It was not in her nature to let someone die.
She had spent hours considering it.
She really didn't care about him that much.
Her lover wanted to die anyway.
19
Why did the king hate his daughter's lover?
the man was a criminal
the man insulted how the king ruled his kingdom
the princess was already married
no man was good enough for his daughter
20
What did the king do to the man first?
appointed his trial date
throw him in the arena
lectured him
put him in jail
21
What is the climax of the story?
the princess pointing to the door
the young man walking toward the door about to open it
the princess having nightmares
the man entering the arena
22
Who is the author of The Lady, or the Tiger?
Edgar Allen Poe
Ben Carson
Frank Stockton
W. W. Jacobs
23
Where was the door the accused walked through to get into the arena?
beneath the king
to the left of the king
across from the king
to the right of the king
24
What was behind the two doors?
a lady and a tiger
RG III and Selena Gomez
Tom Brady and a body cast
a lion and a king
25
Why was it startling that the princess was having a relationship with this young man?
He wasn't handsome enough.
By law, no one is allowed to love the princess.
He was not of royal blood.
He was a known criminal.
26
What is the general mood throughout out the story?
depressing
suspenseful
funny
happy
27
What was the princess's name?
none of the above
Ella
Isabelle
Katrina
28
What did the princess do to her teeth as she dreamt about the lady?
rubbed
ground
gnashed
chipped
29
The following is an a example of which literary device: "distant Latin neighbors."
idiom
metaphor
simile
allusion
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Why did it not matter to the king which door the princess's lover chose?
The king placed tigers behind both doors.
The king would prevail in preventing their love either way.
The king has prepared a celebratory feast behind both doors.
He ordered his men to execute her lover in public.
31
The king's nature was:
rude and unpleasant
bland and genial
loving and thoughtful
risky and adventurous
32
What is the genre of this story?
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
33
What kind of tiger was searched for in the kingdom?
the most savage and relentless beast
the most fearsome and famous beast
the most brutal and ugly besast
the most vicious and largest beast
34
What two words were used to describe the king's daughter?
blooming, imperious
beautiful, fair
genial, kind
polished, sharpened
35
Where did the princess lay her right arm in the arena?
the fluffy pillow
the soft armrest
the end table
the cushioned parapet
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What was the young man accused of?
eating a hyena
loving the maiden
stealing a tiger
loving the princess
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How was the king's tribunal described?
barbaric
semi-barbaric
perfectly just
perfectly fair
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Why did the princess have to be so jealous instead of letting the man marry the lady?
princesses traditionally get their way
she was semi-barabaric
she had already ordered the save-the-date cards.
she was a spoiled brat
39
How did the people feel about the events that took place in the arena?
sympathetic
horrified
entertained
displeased
40
What piece of figurative language could be used to compare the king to his daughter?
opposites attract
they are not comparable
monkey see monkey do
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
41
Why did the author of "The Choice" say, "Somebody ought to examine my head"?
She hasn't been to the doctor lately.
She has a headache.
She was in a car accident.
She regrets choosing the poor man.
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Why does the king not want the young man to be with the princess?
The young man is a commoner.
The young man is not appealing.
The young man is unkind.
The young man never truly loved the princess.
43
Why did the author not reveal who cam out of the door?
He left it for the reader to decide.
He died before he could finish the story.
It depends on the reader's feelings that day.
He wanted to cause fights in schools everywhere.
44
How long did the affair last?
many years
100 days
many months
three months
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Love affair moved on happily...until...the king happened to discover its existence foreshadows:
the young man receiving judgment in the arena
the princess running away with the young man
the execution of the young man
the marriage of the young man and a woman
