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- 1. Multiple Choice
The setting of The Most Dangerous Game is...
Galapagos Islands
New York City
Ship Trap Island
The Sumerian Jungle
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following literary devices is presented here?
"He lived a year in a minute."
imagery
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who is the protagonist?
Zaroff
Ivan
Bob
Rainsford
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who is the story's antagonist?
Ivan
Zaroff
Rainsford
Harrison Bergeron
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which quote from The Most Dangerous Game could be labeled as irony?
"The paddling sound of feet on the soft earth..."
"He lived a year in a minute..."
"The world famous game hunter was now being hunted as game himself..."
"The impulse to cry aloud with joy..."
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the plot of The Most Dangerous Game?
Rainsford must escape Zaroff, a crazy Russian who is trying to hunt him as a sport.
Zaroff is shipwrecked and must find his way home.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn "The Most Dangerous Game," which answer choice best describes General Zaroff's problem before he invents his "game"?He loves hunting but hates to see animals suffer.He hates Ivan but needs him for companyHe cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him.He hates Rainsford but must be kind to him.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn "The Most Dangerous Game," what is the "game" that Zaroff invents?He invites the world's greatest hunters to compete against one another.He hunts human beings—sailors he has lured to the island.He invites other hunters to compete against Ivan.He and Ivan compete against each other in tracking animals.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements best describes how Zaroff justifies his hunting of human beings?Animal life is more precious than human life.Only the strong deserve to survive.Individual freedom is more important than laws.Human beings are not morally responsible for one another.
- 10. Multiple Choice
In The Most Dangerous Game, what does General Zaroff list as important attributes of the animal he wishes to hunt?
It must be fast and able to reason.
It must have instincts, be large, and cunning.
It must be cunning, courageous, and be able to reason.
It must be very large, strong and prey on animals.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of appraising in the following sentence from The Most Dangerous Game? Base your answer on the context clues.
Whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.
informing
avoiding him
evaluating
envying
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of futile in the following sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game?" Base your answers on context clues.
Now he had got a grip on himself, had stopped, and was taking stock of himself and the situation. He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea.
direct
useless
obvious
understandable
- 13. Multiple Choice
In The Most Dangerous Game,"which factor contributes most to General Zaroff's defeat at Rainsford's hands?
Zaroff's loss of Ivan
Zaroff's overconfidence
Zaroff's reliance on his dogs
Zaroff's inferior hunting skills.
- 14. Multiple Choice
“The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies” contains an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
- 15. Multiple Choice
“Sleep had given him new vigor; a sharp hunger was picking at him.” This line contains
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which TWO of the following best identify the central themes of this story?
When violence becomes too common, some people no longer take it seriously.
Pride in one's country makes people feel superior to others based on race.
Nature provides everything humanity needs and therefore anything else is wasteful.
Humankind's place in nature is to act with reason, not to become like violent animals.
- 17. Multiple Choice
He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided." What is the overall effect of the last line of the story?
The last line leaves the reader to infer that Rainsford has killed Zaroff, contrasting Zaroff's chilling death with Rainsford's rewarding night's sleep.
The last line leaves the reader to conclude that the events of this story have all been a dream Rainsford had while asleep on the yacht.
The last line leaves the reader to suppose that Rainsford actually likes the comforts of civilization better than nature and that civilization is man's place above nature.
- 18. Multiple Choice
“Zaroff was the cat; he was the mouse.” What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
- 19. Multiple Choice
“An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake.” What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
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