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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 does Zaroff enjoy about hunting humans?
(a) They can reason.
(b) They sometimes escape him.
(c) It breaks a powerful taboo.
(d) It reminds him of being in the war.

2. What animal does Rainsford compare himself to when he climbs the tree?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bear.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A cat.

3. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?
(a) Richard Connell.
(b) Frank R. Stockton.
(c) Wilfred Owen.
(d) Nikolai Romanov.

4. When Rainsford is waiting in the tree, to whom does he compare Zaroff?
(a) A soldier he knew in the war.
(b) Czar Nicholas.
(c) The devil.
(d) Himself.

5. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
(a) He has artillery that he fires on passing ships, hoping to sink them.
(b) He has a false channel light that lures ships onto the rocks.
(c) He and his servant capture them on the mainland.
(d) He advertises for people to come work on his island.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 51, the word "dingy" is used. How is this word pronounced, and what does it mean?

2. What is the first thing that Rainsford does once he is on top of the cliffs?

3. What is the result of Rainsford's final trap?

4. When he is hiding in the tree, what does Rainsford suddenly realize?

5. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?

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