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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word does the narrator use to describe General Zaroff's home?
(a) Fanciful.
(b) Foreboding.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Palatial.

2. What is the name of the island on which the story takes place?
(a) Shipwreck Island.
(b) Ship-Trap Island.
(c) Sunken Ship Island.
(d) The island is unnamed.

3. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?
(a) Frank R. Stockton.
(b) Richard Connell.
(c) Nikolai Romanov.
(d) Wilfred Owen.

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

5. Why does Rainsford have difficulty seeing the island from the ship?
(a) He is looking in the wrong direction.
(b) He has bad eyesight.
(c) It is raining.
(d) There is no moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?

2. What is the first thing that Rainsford does once he is on top of the cliffs?

3. Why does Rainsford stand up on the ship's rail?

4. On page 5, evil is described as "tangible." What would this mean is true about evil?

5. What kind of people does Rainsford guess might live on the island?

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