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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. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
2. On the morning of the second day of the hunt, what warns Rainsford that Zaroff is approaching?
3. When Rainsford digs his pit trap, he is said to dig like what?
4. After running from Zaroff for two hours, what does Rainsford decide to do?
5. What animal does Rainsford compare himself to when he climbs the tree?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does General Zaroff react to Rainsford's various traps?
2. How does Rainsford finally escape Zaroff, and why is Zaroff foolish to assume that Rainsford is dead?
3. 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)?
4. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
5. What part of the island does Zaroff tell Rainsford to avoid, and what are at least two likely motives for his warning?
6. Describe General Zaroff's actions when Rainsford is hiding in the tree.
7. What are the terms of General Zaroff's "game"?
8. What does Zaroff want to show Rainsford in the cellar and in the library, and what does this tell the reader about him?
9. What disagreement do Zaroff and Rainsford have about the difference between "hunting" and "murder"?
10. Explain at least two ways in which the story's title can be understood.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of Ivan and Zaroff being Cossacks? Do some research on the history of the Cossack people, especially as it relates to serfdom and to the Czars of Russia. Then write an essay in which you analyze Connell's use of this detail to create meaning. Be sure to use textual evidence as support for your claims and to cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes how General Zaroff came to be the man he is when Rainsford meets him; explain multiple aspects of his personality, using textual evidence to justify speculations about how he came to be the way he is.
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