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

2. Before Zaroff hunts people, what does he usually do with them?
(a) Treats them as honored guests.
(b) Uses them as unpaid labor.
(c) Trains them and gets them into shape.
(d) Makes sure that they are tired and hungry.

3. On what does Zaroff blame Rainsford's refusal to participate in murder?
(a) America's Puritan ancestry.
(b) Rainsford's more cautious upbringing.
(c) Rainsford's not being a Russian.
(d) His experiences as a soldier.

4. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Cruel and uncivilized.
(b) Willfully ignorant.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Unimaginative.

5. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What does "palpable" mean in this context?
(a) Warning of bad things to come.
(b) Dark and forbidding, gloomy.
(c) Able to be felt or touched.
(d) Soft enough to be squeezed or manipulated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?

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

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

4. What kind of people does Rainsford guess might live on the island?

5. For how long does someone have to elude the General in order to win the game?

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