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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 does Zaroff imply he was afraid of when he realized that hunting had begun to bore him?
(a) Having to go home to Russia.
(b) Having a breakdown.
(c) That he was becoming weak and soft-hearted.
(d) That he was becoming a coward.

2. When Rainsford insists on leaving the island, what is Zaroff's response?
(a) He pulls out his gun and tells Rainsford that he does not have a choice about staying on the island.
(b) He decides to send Rainsford down to the cellar.
(c) He decides that he will hunt Rainsford that evening.
(d) He stalls for time by pretending to send Ivan for a boat to take Rainsford off the island.

3. What is the significance of the two trees, where one is leaning on the other?
(a) Rainsford uses them to build his first trap.
(b) Rainsford knows that this is a trail marker.
(c) Rainsford is sure that he has seen them before.
(d) Rainsford uses the fallen tree to make a bridge to cross the river.

4. Who is Rainsford's hunting partner?
(a) Neilsen.
(b) Sanger.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Ivan.

5. What is most clearly implied by the last line of this story?
(a) Rainsford kills Zaroff.
(b) Zaroff kills Rainsford.
(c) Rainsford will become just like Zaroff.
(d) Zaroff now understands that his "game" was wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 39, General Zaroff says "It's a game, you see," and the reader realizes what about the story's title?

2. When Zaroff realizes that he is the one in danger and moves out of the way, to what does the narrator compare his quick movement?

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

4. What is it implied that Zaroff keeps in his library?

5. When Rainsford says that he is not a murderer, the General calls him "droll" (35). What is Zaroff saying about Rainsford?

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