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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 49-66.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animals does Zaroff say are better than the people he hunts?
(a) Farm animals.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Thoroughbreds.
(d) Predators.

2. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?
(a) Zaroff keeps staring at him.
(b) Zaroff refuses to answer Rainsford's questions.
(c) Zaroff carries a pistol with him.
(d) Zaroff keeps making strange jokes that Rainsford doesn't understand.

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 meant in more than one way.
(b) That it implies that Zaroff is more fair to his victims than it first appeared.
(c) That the word "game" is being used hyperbolically.
(d) That General Zaroff is much more dangerous than he first appeared.

4. What is in General Zaroff's cellar?
(a) A torture chamber.
(b) The dogs' kennels.
(c) The bodies of the men he has killed.
(d) His "training camp."

5. On page 50, Rainsford thinks of General Zaroff as "zealous." What kind of a person does this mean General Zaroff is?
(a) Envious of others' abilities.
(b) The kind of person who says one thing but does another.
(c) Unable to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.
(d) Extremely devoted and enthusiastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rainsford keep telling himself after the first two hours or running from Zaroff?

2. After Zaroff leaves, when Rainsford is lying in the tree and thinking over what has just happened, what emotion does Rainsford feel?

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

4. If someone refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunting game, what does he do?

5. What is it implied that Zaroff keeps in his library?

(see the answer key)

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