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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 is the result of Rainsford's final trap?
2. How much of a head start does Zaroff offer his victims?
3. What justification does Zaroff give for his actions?
4. On page 51, Rainsford's night is said to be "apprehensive." What kind of a night is it?
5. When Rainsford is waiting in the tree, to whom does he compare Zaroff?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the terms of General Zaroff's "game"?
2. What disagreement do Zaroff and Rainsford have about the difference between "hunting" and "murder"?
3. What does Zaroff ask Rainsford to promise him he will do if he wins the "game," and what is the result?
4. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
5. Explain at least two ways in which the story's title can be understood.
6. What allusion is contained in the sentence "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable," and what is the meaning of the allusion (50)?
7. Describe General Zaroff's actions when Rainsford is hiding in the tree.
8. What does Zaroff say about the "strong" and the "weak" (35)?
9. How does General Zaroff react to Rainsford's various traps?
10. How does Rainsford finally escape Zaroff, and why is Zaroff foolish to assume that Rainsford is dead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze how Rainsford's attitude toward game animals changes over the course of the story. Be sure to offer 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
The plot structure of "The Most Dangerous Game" is less evenly balanced than those of many short stories in the Western Canon. Write an essay in which you discuss what is gained and lost from the decision to end the story so quickly after the story's climax.
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