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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 33-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 35, General Zaroff criticizes Rainsford's "scruples." What is he criticizing?
(a) Rainsford's anger on behalf of Zaroff's victims.
(b) Rainsford's hesitation to do something that he thinks is wrong.
(c) Rainsford's religious beliefs.
(d) Rainsford's eagerness to condemn Zaroff's "game."

2. Which character says, on page 31, "Instinct is no match for reason"?
(a) Zaroff.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Rainsford.
(d) Nielsen.

3. On page 39, General Zaroff says "It's a game, you see," and the reader realizes what about the story's title?
(a) That the word "game" is being used hyperbolically.
(b) That General Zaroff is much more dangerous than he first appeared.
(c) That the word "game" is meant in more than one way.
(d) That it implies that Zaroff is more fair to his victims than it first appeared.

4. On page 35, Zaroff says that Rainsford's attitude is "like finding a snuffbox in a limousine." What does he mean by this?
(a) That Rainsford's attitude is charming but too delicate to survive.
(b) That Rainsford's attitude is fussy and somewhat embarrassing.
(c) That Rainsford's attitude is old-fashioned and out of place in the modern world.
(d) That Rainsford's attitude is unpleasant and not particularly safe.

5. Into what two groups does Zaroff divide up the world?
(a) Hunters and hunted.
(b) Brave and cowardly.
(c) Strong and weak.
(d) Thinkers and feelers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does General Zaroff imply is true about hunting human beings?

3. Why did Zaroff leave Russia?

4. When Zaroff says, on page 31, that there is "no greater bore than perfection," to what is he referring?

5. Before Zaroff hunts people, what does he usually do with them?

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