The Lady, or the Tiger?

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

• judged according to the evidence

• left to fate

• ruled on by the king

• decided by a contest

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

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The best description of the mood of “The Lady or the Tiger?” is

• silly

• suspenseful

• sorrowful

• joyful

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The king believed that his method of justice was foolproof, yet the princess was able to bribe a guard and find out behind which door the tiger stood. This is an example of:

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• suspenseful irony

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

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Why does the author leave the decision up to the reader at the end of “The Lady or the Tiger?”

• It doesn’t matter because either way the king wins.

• He did not know how to best end the story so he stopped short.

• He wants the reader to decide whether the princess is noble or barbaric.

• It is the reader’s job to make all of the decisions in this story.

Who wrote The Lady or the Tiger?

• Emily Simile

• Frank Stockton

• Ernest Hemingway

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

Treating both sides equally; unbiased

• Impartial

• Undecided

• Annoyed

• Agreeable

Agony; Sorrow

• Anger

• Anguish

• Mortified

• Conflict