View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much of a head start does Zaroff offer his victims?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 1/2 day.

3. What is in General Zaroff's cellar?
(a) The dogs' kennels.
(b) His "training camp."
(c) The bodies of the men he has killed.
(d) A torture chamber.

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

5. What justification does Zaroff give for his actions?
(a) He is only hunting lower class people.
(b) He does give his victims a choice.
(c) He is only hunting non-Christians.
(d) He kills his victims quickly and as painlessly as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does General Zaroff imply is true about hunting human beings?

2. What is Zaroff's response to Rainsford's arrival?

3. On page 5, evil is described as "tangible." What would this mean is true about evil?

4. What does Zaroff imply he was afraid of when he realized that hunting had begun to bore him?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 351 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample