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- 1. Multiple Choice
What are two possible meanings for the title, "The Most Dangerous Game"?
Humans; being hunted
Humans; Ivan's game
Cape Buffalo; hunting
Jaguars; Zaroff's game
- 2. Multiple Choice
How do sailors feel about Ship-Trap Island?
They enjoy vacationing there.
They fear it.
They have no strong feelings about it at all.
They are curious about it.
- 3. Multiple Choice
While on the yacht, what happens to Rainsford after he hears the gunshots?
He smokes his pipe, relaxing on the deck.
He falls asleep.
He falls into the sea.
He argues with Whitney about hunting.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why has General Zaroff lost interest in hunting tigers?
They are too difficult to find.
They are too difficult to hunt.
They are not found on his island.
They are too easy to hunt.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What, according to General Zaroff, is the most dangerous game.
human beings
the Cape buffalo
tigers
jaguars
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is Rainsford's first strategy during the hunt?
Set a trap for Zaroff.
Get as far away as possible.
Hide near the chateau.
Kill Ivan and the hounds.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who is wounded by the Malay man-catcher?
Lazarus
Ivan
Rainsford
General Zaroff
- 8. Multiple Choice
How is Ivan wounded during the hunt?
He is stabbed by a knife.
He gets caught in quick sand.
He falls into the pit.
A tree falls on him.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the Burmese tiger trap?
a knife attached to a sapling, set to spring and strike its victim
a dead tree leaning against a live one with a trigger causing it to fall
overgrown foliage arranged to cover a patch of quicksand
a covered pit with spears coming up from the bottom
- 10. Multiple Choice
Near the end of the story, two "slight annoyances" bother General Zaroff. One is the loss of Ivan,
Rainsford has cheated.
Rainsford has killed his best hound.
Rainsford has injured him with a trap.
Rainsford has gotten away.
- 11. Multiple Choice
How does Rainsford travel back to the chateau?
He swings on vines.
He outruns Zaroff.
He swims.
He jogs along the beach.
- 12. Multiple Choice
"There is no greater bore than perfection." Which character says this and what does it mean?
General Zaroff; Rainsford is too perfect, and therefore, he is boring.
Rainsford; Zaroff's game is perfectly constructed, so much so that it is boring.
General Zaroff; He has become too perfect as a hunter, so now the sport is boring.
Rainsford; He has become such a skilled hunter that hunting has become boring.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements made by General Zaroff is an example of verbal irony?
"He's a Cossack...So am I."
"Instinct is no match for reason."
"Oh, you can trust me...I will give you my word as a gentleman."
"We do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here."
- 14. Multiple Choice
How does the author build suspense in the story?
Rainsford sets a series of traps, and the reader does not know if they will succeed or fail.
General Zaroff sets traps and the reader does not know whether they will succeed or fail.
Ivan helps General Zaroff to hunt Rainsford throughout the story, so it is an unfair competition.
Rainsford is constantly running and hiding from General Zaroff, and the audience knows he will soon be found.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of internal conflict in the story?
Rainsford v. the sea
Rainsford v. Zaroff
Rainsford v. his desire to panic
Rainsford v. the dogs
- 16. Multiple Choice
"The sea was as flat as a plate glass window" is an example of what device?
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
simile
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization from the story?
The narrator tells us that Zaroff is insane because of his involvement in the Russian Revolution.
We know that Rainsford is a good hunter because he has written a book and hunts exotic, dangerous animals.
The narrator tells us that Whitney is compassionate towards the animals he hunts.
We know that Ivan is a kind character because he helps Rainsford escape the General's trap.
- 18. Multiple Choice
The last sentence of the story is, "'He had never slept in a better bed,' Rainsford decided.'" What important piece of plot information does that sentence give the reader?
Zaroff has lost the game.
Rainsford has lost the game.
Rainsford has safely reached his homeland.
Zaroff cares too much about superficial luxuries.
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