The Lady, or the Tiger?

How does the princess help the suspect, her lover?

• 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

What is the internal conflict the princess faces?

• Whether to allow her lover to love someone else, or to send him to his death

• Whether to tell the lover which door to choose

• Whether to ask her father to pardon the lover

• Whether to replace the lady behind the door

The two conflicting emotions in the mind of the princess are ____________________

• anger towards her father and love for the commoner

• jealousy of the lady behind the door and love for her father

• love for the commoner and jealousy of the lady

Which statement best expresses the main idea of the story?

• The fate of a young man is left to chance.

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

• The princess is jealous of another woman.

Which of these events happens last in the story?

• The king discovers that the princess loves the young man.

• The king throws the young man into prison.

• The princess signals to open the door on the right.

What assumption does the young man make about the princess?

• He thinks the princess will ask her father the king to excuse him from the trial.

• He hoped that the king recognized the love he had for the princess and let him go.

• He expected the princess would find out which door the lady was in and tell him.

How is the lover described?

• He is a jealous coward

• He is handsome and brave

• He is a wealthy, young suitor

• He is semi-barbaric

What was behind the door, the Lady or the Tiger?

• The Lady

• The Tiger

According to the text, what was the semi-barbaric king's greatest pleasure?

• Making the crooked straight and crushing down uneven places

• Turning his varied fancies into facts

• Refining the minds of his subjects

• Expanding his ideas based on the progressiveness of his distant Latin neighbors

What will a "guilty" person find behind the door?

• A lady

• An executioner

• A tiger

• A bag of gold