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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. Into what two groups does Zaroff divide up the world?
(a) Thinkers and feelers.
(b) Strong and weak.
(c) Hunters and hunted.
(d) Brave and cowardly.

2. On page 51, the word "dingy" is used. How is this word pronounced, and what does it mean?
(a) Rhymes with "stingy," and means a type of small boat.
(b) Rhymes with "stingy," and means dirty, dull.
(c) Rhymes with "stringy," and means a type of small boat.
(d) Rhymes with "stringy," and means dirty, dull.

3. What is the result of Rainsford's pit trap?
(a) Rainsford himself falls into the trap.
(b) Zaroff is seriously wounded.
(c) One of Zaroff's dogs is killed.
(d) Zaroff's servant is killed.

4. What justification does Zaroff give for his actions?
(a) He kills his victims quickly and as painlessly as possible.
(b) He does give his victims a choice.
(c) He is only hunting non-Christians.
(d) He is only hunting lower class people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is surprising about General Zaroff's first remarks to Rainsford?

2. Why did Zaroff leave Russia?

3. What does General Zaroff imply is true about hunting human beings?

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

5. When Rainsford is waiting in the tree, to whom does he compare Zaroff?

(see the answer key)

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