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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On page 59, Rainsford's waiting is described with the phrase "He lived a year in a minute." What literary technique is being used here?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Imagery.

3. When Rainsford digs his pit trap, he is said to dig like what?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A groundhog.
(c) A Russian serf.
(d) A beaver.

4. How does Rainsford finally succeed in getting away from Zaroff?
(a) He fools Zaroff into thinking he has drowned in the river.
(b) He jumps from a cliff into the ocean.
(c) He hides in the swamp.
(d) He hides in a cave.

5. On page 50, Rainsford thinks of General Zaroff as "zealous." What kind of a person does this mean General Zaroff is?
(a) Extremely devoted and enthusiastic.
(b) Unable to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.
(c) Envious of others' abilities.
(d) The kind of person who says one thing but does another.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 35, Zaroff says that Rainsford's attitude is "like finding a snuffbox in a limousine." What rhetorical technique is he employing?

2. What does Rainsford keep telling himself after the first two hours or running from Zaroff?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zaroff ask Rainsford to promise him he will do if he wins the "game," and what is the result?

2. What does Zaroff want to show Rainsford in the cellar and in the library, and what does this tell the reader about him?

3. What does General Zaroff's definition of "civilized" seem to be?

4. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?

5. How does Zaroff characterize Rainsford's views on hunting human beings?

6. How does Rainsford finally escape Zaroff, and why is Zaroff foolish to assume that Rainsford is dead?

7. What are the terms of General Zaroff's "game"?

8. What disagreement do Zaroff and Rainsford have about the difference between "hunting" and "murder"?

9. What does Zaroff say about the "strong" and the "weak" (35)?

10. How does General Zaroff react to Rainsford's various traps?

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