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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 5, evil is described as "tangible." What would this mean is true about evil?
(a) It is a thing that you can perceive with your senses.
(b) It is a thing that can take over without you realizing it.
(c) It is a thing that can distract you from your real goals.
(d) It is a thing that can paralyze you with fear.

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

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

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

5. What do Rainsford and his partner intend to hunt?
(a) Cape Buffalo.
(b) Antelope.
(c) Wild Boar.
(d) Jaguar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Zaroff leave Russia?

2. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?

3. What kind of people does Rainsford guess might live on the island?

4. Who is the captain of the ship that Rainsford travels on?

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

(see the answer key)

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