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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) His own abilities as a hunter.
(b) Rainsford's hunting plans.
(c) His father.
(d) Prey animals.

2. What explanation does Zaroff give for his servant's not speaking to Rainsford?
(a) The man has a phobia of strangers.
(b) Only Zaroff is allowed to speak to visitors.
(c) The man can neither hear nor speak.
(d) The man only speaks Russian.

3. What does Rainsford see is true about three sides of Zaroff's house?
(a) They have no windows.
(b) They are built over cliffs.
(c) They are surrounded by a fence.
(d) They are crumbling into disrepair.

4. Why did Zaroff leave Russia?
(a) He found the hunting in Russia had become dull.
(b) Because of the Russian Revolution.
(c) He was looking for a place with more privacy.
(d) He was exiled by the Czar.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Rainsford's hunting partner?

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?

5. 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?

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