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"The Lady or the Tiger? Study Guide

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The name of the author:

a)

Ernest Hemingway

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

William Falkner

d)

Frank R. Stockton

2.

Date of publication:

a)

1782

b)

1882

c)

1982

d)

2002

3.

The story begins and ends with a ____question.

a)

rhetorical

b)

ambiguous

c)

nebulous

d)

interrogative

4.

The _____of the story is the king's justice was not justice.

a)

theme

b)

thesis

c)

irony

d)

ambiguity

5.

Friendly, kind, nice

a)

malignant

b)

bellicose

c)

contentious

d)

genial

6.

A huge decision between two choices:

a)

alternate

b)

dilemma

c)

perplexing

d)

indeterminate

7.

having to do with the mind

a)

philosophical

b)

hypothetical

c)

psychological

d)

sentient

8.

Neutral; unbiased; not taking sides

a)

partial

b)

biased

c)

predeterminate

d)

impartial

9.

extremely brave

a)

integral

b)

integrity

c)

valor

d)

indiscretion

10.

extreme loyalty

a)

belligerent

b)

tenacity

c)

valor

d)

allegiance

11.

going to happen no matter what

a)

cower

b)

aesthetic

c)

inevitable

d)

genial

12.

The Nazis war criminals deserved this:

a)

retribution

b)

remorse

c)

recourse

d)

psychological

13.

He ______an A because he studied so hard.

a)

retaliated

b)

valorous

c)

remorse

d)

merited

14.

The good are rewarded and the evil are punished:

a)

apple of the eye

b)

trial-by-ordeal

c)

poetic justice

d)

judicial

15.

Extremely beautiful; pleasing to the eye

a)

aesthetic

b)

artistic

c)

psychological

d)

philosophical

16.

medieval form of justice:

a)

the Coliseum

b)

arena

c)

trial by ordeal

d)

jury

17.

The princess was consumed with ______.

a)

anger

b)

remorse

c)

fear

d)

jealousy

18.

The tiger is a _____of jealousy.

a)

diction

b)

antithesis

c)

systematic

d)

symbol

19.

savage; uncivilized

a)

barbarian

b)

bucolic

c)

ambivalent

d)

ambiguous

20.

The author made _____to the early Christians and the gladiators.

a)

allusions

b)

anecdotes

c)

antecedents

d)

aphorisms

21.

The story is _____ person narration.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

22.

The door is a symbol of ____.

a)

love

b)

hate

c)

destiny

d)

luck

23.

"The king's justice is fair." The ______is one of sarcasm.

a)

diction

b)

tone

c)

thesis

d)

theme

24.

The story is an example of man v

a)

man

b)

society

c)

the king

d)

self

25.

The ending is _____because we do not learn what comes out of the door.

a)

valorous

b)

oscillating

c)

determinate

d)

ambiguous