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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 49-66.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Rainsford compare himself to when he climbs the tree?
(a) A bear.
(b) A snake.
(c) A cat.
(d) A monkey.

2. What is the name of General Zaroff's servant?
(a) Nielsen.
(b) Sanger.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Whitney.

3. 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) Able to be felt or touched.
(b) Dark and forbidding, gloomy.
(c) Warning of bad things to come.
(d) Soft enough to be squeezed or manipulated.

4. Whom does Zaroff credit for his great abilities as a hunter?
(a) Himself.
(b) Another famous hunter.
(c) God.
(d) His father.

5. When Rainsford digs his pit trap, he is said to dig like what?
(a) A Russian serf.
(b) A groundhog.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A beaver.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 50, Rainsford decides that taking a rest is "imperative." What does this mean he thinks about the idea of resting?

2. What explanation does Zaroff give for having recognized Rainsford?

3. What do Rainsford and his partner disagree about?

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

5. When Zaroff says, on page 31, that there is "no greater bore than perfection," to what is he referring?

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