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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. On page 1, the night is described as "dank." In this context, what does this word mean?
(a) Strange and unique.
(b) Damp and musty.
(c) Promising.
(d) Excellent.

2. Why does Zaroff no longer hunt tigers?
(a) They do not challenge him enough.
(b) He came to understand that they have feelings and thoughts, just like people.
(c) He was wounded by a tiger.
(d) There are not enough tigers left to hunt them easily.

3. 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) Parallelism.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Into what two groups does Zaroff divide up the world?
(a) Brave and cowardly.
(b) Strong and weak.
(c) Thinkers and feelers.
(d) Hunters and hunted.

5. If someone refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunting game, what does he do?
(a) Shoots them immediately.
(b) Makes them fight his servant to the death.
(c) Gives them to his servant to be whipped to death.
(d) Sets them adrift at sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Zaroff leaves, when Rainsford is lying in the tree and thinking over what has just happened, what emotion does Rainsford feel?

2. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?

3. What do Rainsford and his partner intend to hunt?

4. What does Zaroff imply he was afraid of when he realized that hunting had begun to bore him?

5. On the morning of the second day of the hunt, what warns Rainsford that Zaroff is approaching?

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