the lady or the tiger

1. What is the central conflict in the story?

• A. A war between two kingdoms

• B. A man must choose between two doors, one hiding a lady and the other a tiger

• C. A princess must decide whether to marry a prince

• D. A king wants to find a husband for his daughter

2. What does each door in the arena represent?

• A. Wealth or poverty

• B. Freedom or slavery

• C. A beautiful lady or a fierce tiger

• D. Life or death by drowning

3. What kind of justice system does the king use?

• A. A democratic court trial

• B. A divine judgment trial by battle

• C. A trial by the accused’s choice of two doors

• D. A council of nobles deciding guilt

4. What is unique about the ending of the story?

• A. The ending is left unresolved and up to the reader’s imagination

• B. The lady and the tiger come out together

• C. The man escapes the arena

• D. The king changes his mind and pardons the man
  

5. What theme is most central to the story?

• A. War and peace

• B. Justice and barbarism

• C. The power of kings

• D. Love, jealousy, and the unpredictability of human nature

6. How does the princess signal to her lover which door to choose?

• A. She writes him a note

• B. She tells him the night before

• C. She raises her hand to point to a door

• D. She uses her eyes to direct him subtly

7. How does the princess react when she learns who the lady is?

• A. She is relieved
  

• B. She asks her father to change the lady

• C. She becomes jealous and angry
  

• D. She tells the young man to run
  

8. How does the story end?

• A) The young man opens the lady’s door

• B) The tiger eats the man

• C) The princess runs to stop the trial
  

• D) The door opens — but the ending is left unknown
  

9. The lady behind one of the doors is someone the princess dislikes.

• True
• False

10. What character trait is most prominent in the king?

• A. Kindness

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  B. Fairness
  

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  C. Cruelty disguised as justice
  

• D. Wisdom