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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 jumps from a cliff into the ocean.
(c) He hides in a cave.
(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 and his servant capture them on the mainland.
(c) He advertises for people to come work on his island.
(d) He has artillery that he fires on passing ships, hoping to sink them.

3. What is Zaroff's response to Rainsford's arrival?
(a) He seems confused and changes his mind twice about what to do with Rainsford.
(b) He seems suspicious and initially locks Rainsford in a bedroom.
(c) He is pleased to have company and gives Rainsford a tour of the house.
(d) He is welcoming and invites him to dinner.

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

5. On page 55, a tree is leaning "precariously" on another tree. How is the tree leaning?
(a) The two trees are so close that the leaning tree is still almost upright.
(b) As if the tree that is leaning has only recently fallen.
(c) In an unstable way, as if it might fall any minute.
(d) As if the tree it is leaning on is some kind of assistant or helper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 49, Rainsford thinks that running away from the chateau in a straight line is "futile." What kind of a plan is "futile"?

3. When Rainsford introduces himself to the General's servant, what is the man's response?

4. What word does Rainsford repeat three times and Zaroff call "unpleasant" (35)?

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

(see the answer key)

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