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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 43, Rainsford looks out the window and sees a "sallow" moon. What kind of moon does this mean he is looking at?

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. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?

5. On page 50, Rainsford thinks of General Zaroff as "zealous." What kind of a person does this mean General Zaroff is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe General Zaroff's actions when Rainsford is hiding in the tree.

2. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?

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

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

5. What part of the island does Zaroff tell Rainsford to avoid, and what are at least two likely motives for his warning?

6. What does the sentence "He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations, clearly, must take place within that frame" mean? (49)

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Connell frequently uses references to specific foods and wines, books, music, and so on as a method of characterizing General Zaroff. What does this tell us about General Zaroff? And why does Connell do it so often--do the references tell the reader separate things about Zaroff, or do they serve another purpose? Write an essay that analyzes the use of these details. Be sure to use textual support for your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze how the use of a third-person point of view and an objective tone shapes the reader's feelings (mood) as they read "The Most Dangerous Game." Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.

Essay Topic 3

What do you believe Rainsford's plans are for the days following the death of General Zaroff? Write an essay in which you use textual evidence to support a thesis about what he will choose to do next and how he will accomplish it.

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