Part B: The Lady or the Tiger?"

Total: /28 Answer in complete sentences with complete supporting details.




1.( /2) When there was “a little hitch” in the barbaric king’s domestic or political system what did he enjoy doing? If you use a quotation, follow up with an explanation in your own words.


2.( /3) Where were the minds of the king’s subjects refined and cultured? Answer in your own words, then quote the sentence which makes this claim.



3.( /2) In what way was the public arena “an agent for poetic justice”?



4.( /2) What does the writer mean when he says (p. 31) “This was the king’s semibarbaric method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious.” ?



5.( /2) In what way were the decisions of this tribunal “positively determinate” ? (p. 31)




6.( /2) Explain the following statement (p. 31-2) “Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens.”