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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zaroff say is the problem with ordinary big-game hunting?
(a) It wastes the life of an animal for no purpose.
(b) The prey animal has almost no chance of survival.
(c) There are too many other great hunters in the world.
(d) It does not take the feelings of the prey animal into account.

2. Why did Zaroff leave Russia?
(a) Because of the Russian Revolution.
(b) He was exiled by the Czar.
(c) He was looking for a place with more privacy.
(d) He found the hunting in Russia had become dull.

3. What do Rainsford and his partner disagree about?
(a) Whether animals feel fear.
(b) Which of them is the better hunter.
(c) Which of them is more courageous.
(d) Whether hunting intelligent animals is ethical.

4. In what region is the island located?
(a) The Caribbean.
(b) The South Pacific.
(c) Off the coast of Africa.
(d) Off the coast of Ecuador.

5. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?
(a) Sailors keep disappearing there.
(b) Sailors are not rational thinkers.
(c) He does not know why they fear it.
(d) Ships often sink there.

6. What do Rainsford and his partner intend to hunt?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Wild Boar.
(c) Cape Buffalo.
(d) Antelope.

7. Which word best describes the inside of Zaroff's house?
(a) Forbidding.
(b) Cozy.
(c) Luxurious.
(d) Stark.

8. On page 5, evil is described as "tangible." What would this mean is true about evil?
(a) It is a thing that you can perceive with your senses.
(b) It is a thing that can distract you from your real goals.
(c) It is a thing that can take over without you realizing it.
(d) It is a thing that can paralyze you with fear.

9. 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) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

10. What explanation does Zaroff give for having recognized Rainsford?
(a) He has read Rainsford's book.
(b) They met during the war.
(c) They have crossed paths on their hunting expeditions.
(d) Zaroff knows Rainsford's hunting partner.

11. What does Zaroff tell Rainsford he lives for?
(a) Games.
(b) Power.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Danger.

12. Which word does the narrator use to describe General Zaroff's home?
(a) Foreboding.
(b) Grotesque.
(c) Fanciful.
(d) Palatial.

13. What is Zaroff's response to Rainsford's arrival?
(a) He seems suspicious and initially locks Rainsford in a bedroom.
(b) He seems confused and changes his mind twice about what to do with Rainsford.
(c) He is welcoming and invites him to dinner.
(d) He is pleased to have company and gives Rainsford a tour of the house.

14. Where are Rainsford and his partner headed?
(a) To South Africa.
(b) To Rio.
(c) To Port Moresby.
(d) To Ecuador.

15. Whom does Zaroff credit for his great abilities as a hunter?
(a) God.
(b) Another famous hunter.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the best description of the General's servant's clothing?

3. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?

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

5. Which animal does Rainsford call the most dangerous?

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