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

2. Which character says, on page 31, "Instinct is no match for reason"?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Nielsen.
(c) Rainsford.
(d) Zaroff.

3. What supplies does Zaroff offer the men he hunts?
(a) A flashlight and a map.
(b) A map and matches.
(c) Food and a knife.
(d) Rope, matches, and food.

4. Which word does the narrator use to describe General Zaroff's home?
(a) Foreboding.
(b) Fanciful.
(c) Palatial.
(d) Grotesque.

5. What does Zaroff believe fighting in the war should have taught Rainsford?
(a) That human life is not inherently valuable.
(b) How to hunt for human beings.
(c) That nothing in life is fair.
(d) To keep a level head when he is in danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rainsford's hunting partner?

2. Whom does Zaroff credit for his great abilities as a hunter?

3. When, on page 7, Rainsford "indolently [puffs] on his favorite brier," what is he doing?

4. What is unusual about the door knocker on Zaroff's house?

5. Which is the best description of Rainsford when he is in the water?

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