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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. What does Zaroff tell Rainsford he lives for?
(a) Power.
(b) Games.
(c) Danger.
(d) Luxury.

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

3. Why does Rainsford stand up on the ship's rail?
(a) He is trying to reach something stuck in the rigging.
(b) He is trying to signal another ship.
(c) He thinks that he hears gunfire.
(d) He has been drinking and is fooling around.

4. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What literary technique is being employed in this phrase?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?
(a) Zaroff keeps staring at him.
(b) Zaroff carries a pistol with him.
(c) Zaroff keeps making strange jokes that Rainsford doesn't understand.
(d) Zaroff refuses to answer Rainsford's questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 43, Rainsford looks out the window and sees a "sallow" moon. What kind of moon does this mean he is looking at?

2. Which character says, on page 31, "Instinct is no match for reason"?

3. On page 35, General Zaroff criticizes Rainsford's "scruples." What is he criticizing?

4. What supplies does Zaroff offer the men he hunts?

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

(see the answer key)

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