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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. When Rainsford insists on leaving the island, what is Zaroff's response?
(a) He pulls out his gun and tells Rainsford that he does not have a choice about staying on the island.
(b) He decides that he will hunt Rainsford that evening.
(c) He stalls for time by pretending to send Ivan for a boat to take Rainsford off the island.
(d) He decides to send Rainsford down to the cellar.

2. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?
(a) He and his partner argue, and his partner doesn't want to be around him for a while.
(b) His partner goes below deck to fetch a map to show Rainsford.
(c) His partner goes below deck to sleep.
(d) The captain calls his partner below deck.

3. Who is Rainsford's hunting partner?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Neilsen.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Sanger.

4. What is the best description of the General's servant's clothing?
(a) He is wearing an expensive suit.
(b) He is in a military uniform.
(c) He is dressed in a butler's uniform.
(d) He is dressed like a hunter.

5. What is Rainsford's first reaction when he falls overboard?
(a) He repeatedly yells to try to get the yacht's attention.
(b) He starts swimming in the direction of the island.
(c) He starts to swim after the yacht.
(d) He tries to swim toward the other ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 5, evil is described as "tangible." What would this mean is true about evil?

2. What word does Rainsford repeat three times and Zaroff call "unpleasant" (35)?

3. 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?

4. Which animal does Rainsford call the most dangerous?

5. On page 33, the narrator mentions that Zaroff has "surmounted" an obstacle. What has Zaroff done?

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