The Lady & The Tiger Exit Slip

Which statement best expresses to the main idea of the story?

• The princess is jealous of the woman behind the door.

• The princess must decide the fate of a young man.

• The king believes that he is a brilliant and reasonable ruler.

• Every country has its own governing system.

Why was the young man on trial?

• He loved the princess

• He broke the law

• The princess was trying to punish the young man

• The young man spoke against the king

What is the last event of the story?

• The king threw the man in prison

• The princess saw the man talking to the young lady

• The princess signals the young man with a tiny gesture to open a certain door and he moves to do so

• The king discovers that his daughter and the young man were in love

The king will be rid of the young man no matter what because__

• the young man will marry the princess

• the princess was willing to give up the young man

• the princess has a plan to rescue the young man

• the young man will either be killed by the tiger or marry the woman behind the door

What does the young man assume about the princess?

• that she is proud and arrogant like her father

• that she has wrath towards him because of the young lady

• that she loves him and will save his life

• that she cannot be trusted

Why does the king disapprove of the young man?

• He is only a servant

• He is already married

• He is a criminal

• He is a cruel man

What is the main conflict in this story?

• The king is cruel and barbaric

• The man hopes the princess will save him

• The princess is a jealous woman

• The princess knows the secret of the two doors

How does the person who stands trial in the arena prove his innocence or guilt?

• the truth

• by chance

• by cunning

• by trickery

The king's daughter might point to the door with the tiger because_

• would rather the young man suffer death than be with another woman

• she wants to gain favor with her father

• death will be swift and she knows that the young man will die regardless

• she is a cruel woman

Was the tiger or the woman behind the door? Why do you say so?