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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 kind of people does Rainsford guess might live on the island?
(a) Cannibals.
(b) War criminals.
(c) Missing sailors.
(d) Hunters.

2. What do Rainsford and his partner disagree about?
(a) Whether hunting intelligent animals is ethical.
(b) Which of them is more courageous.
(c) Whether animals feel fear.
(d) Which of them is the better hunter.

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

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. Which is the best description of Rainsford when he is in the water?
(a) He thinks the situation is amusing at first but rapidly realizes that it is serious.
(b) He panics and then is embarrassed because he is well-known for his courage.
(c) He is overconfident and thinks that nothing can harm him.
(d) He is shocked at first but stays calm and thinks his situation through.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Zaroff give for his servant's not speaking to Rainsford?

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

3. If someone refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunting game, what does he do?

4. What is surprising about General Zaroff's first remarks to Rainsford?

5. Why does Rainsford have difficulty seeing the island from the ship?

(see the answer key)

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