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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the two trees, where one is leaning on the other?
(a) Rainsford is sure that he has seen them before.
(b) Rainsford knows that this is a trail marker.
(c) Rainsford uses the fallen tree to make a bridge to cross the river.
(d) Rainsford uses them to build his first trap.

3. If someone refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunting game, what does he do?
(a) Shoots them immediately.
(b) Sets them adrift at sea.
(c) Gives them to his servant to be whipped to death.
(d) Makes them fight his servant to the death.

4. Before Zaroff hunts people, what does he usually do with them?
(a) Makes sure that they are tired and hungry.
(b) Uses them as unpaid labor.
(c) Trains them and gets them into shape.
(d) Treats them as honored guests.

5. What kind of animals does Zaroff say are better than the people he hunts?
(a) Thoroughbreds.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Predators.
(d) Farm animals.

6. When Zaroff realizes that he is the one in danger and moves out of the way, to what does the narrator compare his quick movement?
(a) A cheetah.
(b) A hunting dog.
(c) An ape.
(d) A snake.

7. When Rainsford insists on leaving the island, what is Zaroff's response?
(a) He decides that he will hunt Rainsford that evening.
(b) He stalls for time by pretending to send Ivan for a boat to take Rainsford off the island.
(c) He decides to send Rainsford down to the cellar.
(d) He pulls out his gun and tells Rainsford that he does not have a choice about staying on the island.

8. What is Zaroff's response to being wounded by Rainsford?
(a) He stares silently toward Rainsford's hiding place.
(b) He moans.
(c) He yells.
(d) He laughs.

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

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

11. 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 narrow sliver of moon.
(b) A sickly yellow moon.
(c) A moon that seems unfriendly.
(d) A moon that sparkles with light.

12. What spot on the island does Zaroff warn Rainsford to stay away from?
(a) The cliffs.
(b) The caves.
(c) The river.
(d) The swamp.

13. What does Zaroff do if one of his victims is close to winning the game?
(a) He cheats by going back to the house for better weapons.
(b) He tricks them into thinking they have won and then kills them anyway.
(c) He uses dogs to hunt them.
(d) He just extends the time period that they have to survive through.

14. What does General Zaroff imply is true about hunting human beings?
(a) It is the right way to deal with criminals.
(b) It is the true expression of human instinct.
(c) It is terrible but necessary.
(d) It is modern and civilized.

15. On what does Zaroff blame Rainsford's refusal to participate in murder?
(a) Rainsford's not being a Russian.
(b) America's Puritan ancestry.
(c) His experiences as a soldier.
(d) Rainsford's more cautious upbringing.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the second night, what danger does Rainsford narrowly avoid?

2. On page 49, Rainsford thinks that running away from the chateau in a straight line is "futile." What kind of a plan is "futile"?

3. On page 35, Zaroff says that Rainsford's attitude is "like finding a snuffbox in a limousine." What does he mean by this?

4. When Rainsford digs his pit trap, he is said to dig like what?

5. After Zaroff leaves, when Rainsford is lying in the tree and thinking over what has just happened, what emotion does Rainsford feel?

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