1.
The story becomes more complicated because the jurist begins screaming to get out of his confinement.
True
False
2.
The climax comes when the jurist who is confined, begins to ask for musical instruments and tobacco.
True
False
3.
Allied forces (forces that may help the protagonist) could be the jurist's determination and self control.
True
False
4.
Which of the following plot elements came first in the plot of ""The Wager?""
A. The banker reads the note the jurist has written that says he (the jurist) feels that men are hypocritical.
B. The banker despises himself for considering killing a man.
C. The banker bets the jurist that he would not be able to remain in solitary confinement for even five years.
5.
The banker still recalls a party over fifteen years ago vividly because, at that point, he allowed himself to be cloistered (shut up in solitary) for fifteen years.
True
False
6.
The young jurist said he would prefer life imprisonment to the death penalty.
True
False
7.
Once the wager has been made, protagonist and antagonist are in conflict.
True
False
8.
Allied forces (forces the may help the antagonist, the banker) could be his impetuous nature and risky gambling.
True
False
9.
The potential for conflict at the beginning of this story occurs because, although no wager has been made, the protagonist and antagonist do not agree on how devastating solitary confinement would be.
True
False
10.
The story becomes more complicated because the jurist begins screaming to get out of his confinement.
True
False
the story is called the Wager.

