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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. How does Rainsford finally succeed in getting away from Zaroff?
(a) He hides in the swamp.
(b) He hides in a cave.
(c) He jumps from a cliff into the ocean.
(d) He fools Zaroff into thinking he has drowned in the river.

2. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
(a) He has a false channel light that lures ships onto the rocks.
(b) He advertises for people to come work on his island.
(c) He has artillery that he fires on passing ships, hoping to sink them.
(d) He and his servant capture them on the mainland.

3. What is surprising about General Zaroff's first remarks to Rainsford?
(a) His accent is clearly not Russian.
(b) He seems to find Rainsford's situation very amusing.
(c) He already knows Rainsford's name.
(d) He seems to have been expecting Rainsford.

4. What is the first thing that Rainsford does once he is on top of the cliffs?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Make a fire.
(c) Hide.
(d) Yell for help.

5. What explanation does Zaroff give for having recognized Rainsford?
(a) He has read Rainsford's book.
(b) They met during the war.
(c) They have crossed paths on their hunting expeditions.
(d) Zaroff knows Rainsford's hunting partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best description of the General's servant's clothing?

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

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

4. Which word does the narrator use to describe General Zaroff's home?

5. What kind of animals does Zaroff say are better than the people he hunts?

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