3.1 Do you think women ever committed crimes in the kingdom? If they did, how do you think they were tried?
3.2 If you were the princess, what option would you have indicated, and why?
3.3 If you were the lover, what door would you have taken, and why?
3.4 Write an ending to the story. It may or may not involve opening a door.
3.5 Do you agree with the author that the king's method of administering justice was fair?
3.6 Comment on the author's use of language.
3.7 If you were the king of a similar kingdom, how would you administer justice?
3.8 If the princess took another lover who, in due course, was put to trial in the arena, what strategies might he adopt as a result of knowing which door the first lover had opened? 
3.9 Do you think the king's system is a deterrent to crime? 
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