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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zaroff no longer hunt tigers?
(a) He came to understand that they have feelings and thoughts, just like people.
(b) He was wounded by a tiger.
(c) There are not enough tigers left to hunt them easily.
(d) They do not challenge him enough.

2. What does Rainsford see is true about three sides of Zaroff's house?
(a) They have no windows.
(b) They are built over cliffs.
(c) They are surrounded by a fence.
(d) They are crumbling into disrepair.

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) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Parallelism.

4. What kind of people does Rainsford guess might live on the island?
(a) Missing sailors.
(b) Hunters.
(c) War criminals.
(d) Cannibals.

5. What is the first thing that Rainsford does once he is on top of the cliffs?
(a) Yell for help.
(b) Hide.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Make a fire.

6. Which is the best description of Rainsford when he is in the water?
(a) He panics and then is embarrassed because he is well-known for his courage.
(b) He is shocked at first but stays calm and thinks his situation through.
(c) He is overconfident and thinks that nothing can harm him.
(d) He thinks the situation is amusing at first but rapidly realizes that it is serious.

7. When Zaroff says, on page 31, that there is "no greater bore than perfection," to what is he referring?
(a) His father.
(b) Prey animals.
(c) His own abilities as a hunter.
(d) Rainsford's hunting plans.

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

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

10. Who is the captain of the ship that Rainsford travels on?
(a) Whitney.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Nielsen.
(d) Sanger.

11. What is the name of General Zaroff's servant?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Nielsen.
(c) Sanger.
(d) Whitney.

12. What is the name of the island on which the story takes place?
(a) Sunken Ship Island.
(b) Ship-Trap Island.
(c) Shipwreck Island.
(d) The island is unnamed.

13. When, on page 7, Rainsford "indolently [puffs] on his favorite brier," what is he doing?
(a) Eagerly smoking a cigarette.
(b) Thoughtfully smoking a cigarette.
(c) Vigorously smoking a pipe.
(d) Lazily smoking a pipe.

14. What does Zaroff imply he was afraid of when he realized that hunting had begun to bore him?
(a) Having a breakdown.
(b) Having to go home to Russia.
(c) That he was becoming weak and soft-hearted.
(d) That he was becoming a coward.

15. What is surprising about General Zaroff's first remarks to Rainsford?
(a) He seems to have been expecting Rainsford.
(b) He already knows Rainsford's name.
(c) He seems to find Rainsford's situation very amusing.
(d) His accent is clearly not Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rainsford introduces himself to the General's servant, what is the man's response?

2. What is Rainsford's first reaction when he falls overboard?

3. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?

4. As Rainsford nears the island, what does he hear?

5. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?

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