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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 is the name of General Zaroff's servant?
(a) Nielsen.
(b) Sanger.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Ivan.

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

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?
(a) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Metaphor.

4. What is unusual about the door knocker on Zaroff's house?
(a) It is in the shape of a hunting dog's head.
(b) It is rusted into place.
(c) It does not seem to make any sound.
(d) It is in the shape of a gargoyle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Rainsford does once he is on top of the cliffs?

2. What is the best description of the General's servant's clothing?

3. What do Rainsford and his partner disagree about?

4. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?

5. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?

(see the answer key)

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