Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Biography
Story
Double Jeopardy
100
The King and the Princess were both described as being semi-__________, meaning they were partly cruel or brutal.
barbaric
100
When the King's life was going smoothly, his nature was bland and __________.
genial
100
Frank R. Stockton's father was a _________.
minister
100
How was the accused found innocent or guilty?
Innocent- opened door with lady behind it and got married Guilty- opened door with tiger behind it and got eaten
100
The King's arena was modeled after the ___________, which is in _________, Italy.
Colosseum; Rome
200
Her right arm lay on the cushioned ________ before her.
parapet
200
If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the fiercest and most cruel that could be __________, which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt.
procured
200
Stockton's father wanted him to study ____________, but instead, Stockton became a wood ___________.
medicine; engraver
200
What pleased the King more than anything?
Distributing justice.
200
The thinking part of the community (the wise people of the community) could bring no charge of unfairness against this plan (could not say that the justice system was unfair), for did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands? How does the accused person "have the whole matter in his own hands?"
It's up to the accused to choose which door to open, thereby deciding his own guilt or innocence.
300
If the accused opened the door with the lady behind it, they were married on the spot, and the wedding was promptly and cheerily ____________.
solemnized
300
The Princess's intense and ________ soul would not allow her to be absent on an occasion in which she was so terribly interested (the trial of the young man).
fervent
300
__________ forced Stockton to leave his position at a magazine, but he continued to publish by ___________ his literary works.
Blindness; dictating
300
Why was the King upset when he found out that the Princess had a boyfriend?
He was from a lower class, a lower station.
300
Why was the King's justice system referred to as semi-barbaric?
It was partly just, but partly cruel. The fact that a trial of some sort was held is good, but the trial was cruel and unusual, which made it barbaric and not civilized.
400
Had it not been for the __________ of barbarism in her nature (the Princess was semi-barbaric like her father the King) it is probable that lady would not have been there.
moiety
400
The fate of the accused person would be decided in the King's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose ____________ solely from the brain of this man.
emanated
400
Stockton died of a __________ ___________.
Cerebral hemorrhage
400
How did the Princess feel about the Lady behind the door?
She disliked her, because she thought that the Lady liked her boyfriend and she knew that the Lady was pretty.
400
Explain the following sentence from the story: "No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of."
Either way, the Princess's boyfriend wouldn't be a problem anymore. Either he would get eaten by the tiger, or he would be married to someone else.
500
The King's ideas came from his __________ Latin neighbors, who were refining their justice system in an attempt to make it better.
progressive
500
The King allowed nothing to interfere with his great scheme of _____________ and reward.
retribution
500
What city and state was Stockton born and burried in?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
500
What door does the young man open, and what happens when he opens it?
The young man opens the door on the right, but we don't ever find out what happened.
500
Why do you think that Stockton chose to leave the ending up to the individual reader to determine?
To get the reader to think about a person's motives (their reasons for doing something). Are people good for the most part, or bad? What would I do if I were in the Princess's shoes? Whose responsibility is it to decide an accused person's fate? Is death by the State just or injust (right or wrong)?
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