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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 16-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Zaroff says, on page 31, that there is "no greater bore than perfection," to what is he referring?
(a) Rainsford's hunting plans.
(b) His father.
(c) Prey animals.
(d) His own abilities as a hunter.

2. What explanation does Zaroff give for having recognized Rainsford?
(a) They met during the war.
(b) Zaroff knows Rainsford's hunting partner.
(c) He has read Rainsford's book.
(d) They have crossed paths on their hunting expeditions.

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

4. What does Zaroff enjoy about hunting humans?
(a) They sometimes escape him.
(b) It breaks a powerful taboo.
(c) It reminds him of being in the war.
(d) They can reason.

5. What does Zaroff say is the problem with ordinary big-game hunting?
(a) There are too many other great hunters in the world.
(b) The prey animal has almost no chance of survival.
(c) It does not take the feelings of the prey animal into account.
(d) It wastes the life of an animal for no purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?

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

3. What is the name of the island on which the story takes place?

4. As Rainsford begins to walk along the cliffside, what does he notice in the jungle?

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

(see the answer key)

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