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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. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?
(a) Zaroff keeps staring at him.
(b) Zaroff refuses to answer Rainsford's questions.
(c) Zaroff keeps making strange jokes that Rainsford doesn't understand.
(d) Zaroff carries a pistol with him.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, on page 31, "Instinct is no match for reason"?

2. Which is the best description of Rainsford when he is in the water?

3. Why does Zaroff no longer hunt tigers?

4. What does Zaroff tell Rainsford he lives for?

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

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