The Lady or the Tiger

In this justice system, the innocence or guilt of the suspect is...

• judged according to the evidence
• left to chance
• ruled on by the king
• decided by a contest 

There are 2 doors. Behind one, there's a lady. Behind the other door is a...

• tiger
• another lady
• a king
• a criminal 

In the story, a princess falls in love with a...

• commoner
• criminal
• married man
• prince 

The princess helps the suspect by...

• telling him which door conceals the tiger
• convincing her father to let him go
• gesturing towards the right door
• allowing him to marry the lady

The reader of the story...

• feels sympathy for the princess
• wants the tiger to kill the commoner
• doesn't understand why the princess is jealous
• doesn't know the ending of the story

The princess doesn't want the commoner to be eating by the tiger, but she also hates the idea of...

• the commoner marrying the lady
• pleasing her father, the king
• saving the commoner's life
• giving up her jealous rage

In this kingdom, a commoner is...

• a criminal
• a person who works on a farm
• a person without any royal blood
• an unintelligent person 

The princess is...

• the lady's best friend
• jealous of the lady
• the same person as the lady
• certain that the tiger won't harm the commoner 

You can guess that the young man goes to the door on the right because he

• hopes to find a way out of the arena
• knows which door hides the tiger
• loves the lady behind the door
• trusts the princess

Choose the paraphrase that best explains the main idea of this excerpt.  "He understood her nature, and his soul was assured that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself this thing, hidden to all other lookers-on, even to the king."

• The king does not understand that his daughter likes to uncover secrets.
• The princess has chosen which door will reveal the tiger to punish the young man.
• The young man knows that the princess has found out the secret behind each door.
• Onlookers misunderstood what is going on between the princess and the young man.