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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 is the result of Rainsford's final trap?
(a) The general is stabbed in the shoulder.
(b) The general's servant is killed.
(c) The general's favorite dog is killed.
(d) Rainsford loses his knife without accomplishing anything.

2. After running from Zaroff for two hours, what does Rainsford decide to do?
(a) Hide in a cave.
(b) Find a way across the river.
(c) Dig a deep pit to hide in.
(d) Create a winding and tricky path for Zaroff to follow.

3. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What literary technique is being employed in this phrase?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What explanation does Zaroff give for his servant's not speaking to Rainsford?
(a) The man only speaks Russian.
(b) The man can neither hear nor speak.
(c) The man has a phobia of strangers.
(d) Only Zaroff is allowed to speak to visitors.

5. On page 43, Rainsford looks out the window and sees a "sallow" moon. What kind of moon does this mean he is looking at?
(a) A sickly yellow moon.
(b) A narrow sliver of moon.
(c) A moon that seems unfriendly.
(d) A moon that sparkles with light.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character says, on page 31, "Instinct is no match for reason"?

3. On what does Zaroff blame Rainsford's refusal to participate in murder?

4. What is the name of the island on which the story takes place?

5. What is the significance of the two trees, where one is leaning on the other?

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