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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. On page 5, evil is described as "tangible." What would this mean is true about evil?
(a) It is a thing that you can perceive with your senses.
(b) It is a thing that can distract you from your real goals.
(c) It is a thing that can paralyze you with fear.
(d) It is a thing that can take over without you realizing it.

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

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

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

5. Where are Rainsford and his partner headed?
(a) To South Africa.
(b) To Rio.
(c) To Port Moresby.
(d) To Ecuador.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rainsford and his partner disagree about?

2. On page 1, the night is described as "dank." In this context, what does this word mean?

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?

4. In what region is the island located?

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

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