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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 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.

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

3. 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 own abilities as a hunter.
(c) His father.
(d) Prey animals.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does the narrator use to describe General Zaroff's home?

2. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?

3. What does Zaroff imply he was afraid of when he realized that hunting had begun to bore him?

4. What explanation does Zaroff give for having recognized Rainsford?

5. Which word best describes the inside of Zaroff's house?

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