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

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

3. What do Rainsford and his partner disagree about?
(a) Whether animals feel fear.
(b) Whether hunting intelligent animals is ethical.
(c) Which of them is more courageous.
(d) Which of them is the better hunter.

4. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?
(a) He does not know why they fear it.
(b) Sailors are not rational thinkers.
(c) Sailors keep disappearing there.
(d) Ships often sink there.

5. As Rainsford nears the island, what does he hear?
(a) A splash as if something has fallen in the water.
(b) A scream and a gunshot.
(c) The sound of his ship hitting the rocks.
(d) Recorded music.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Where are Rainsford and his partner headed?

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