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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 33-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rainsford says that he is not a murderer, the General calls him "droll" (35). What is Zaroff saying about Rainsford?
(a) That his objection to murder is funny.
(b) That his objection to murder is weak.
(c) That his objection to murder is childish.
(d) That his objection to murder is sensible.

2. Why did Zaroff leave Russia?
(a) He was looking for a place with more privacy.
(b) He was exiled by the Czar.
(c) Because of the Russian Revolution.
(d) He found the hunting in Russia had become dull.

3. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?
(a) Sailors are not rational thinkers.
(b) Sailors keep disappearing there.
(c) He does not know why they fear it.
(d) Ships often sink there.

4. What does Zaroff say is the problem with ordinary big-game hunting?
(a) There are too many other great hunters in the world.
(b) It does not take the feelings of the prey animal into account.
(c) It wastes the life of an animal for no purpose.
(d) The prey animal has almost no chance of survival.

5. Who is the captain of the ship that Rainsford travels on?
(a) Sanger.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Nielsen.
(d) Whitney.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 33, the narrator mentions that Zaroff has "surmounted" an obstacle. What has Zaroff done?

2. What is it implied that Zaroff keeps in his library?

3. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?

4. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?

5. What word does Rainsford repeat three times and Zaroff call "unpleasant" (35)?

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