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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?
(a) Ships often sink there.
(b) Sailors are not rational thinkers.
(c) Sailors keep disappearing there.
(d) He does not know why they fear it.

2. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What does "palpable" mean in this context?
(a) Soft enough to be squeezed or manipulated.
(b) Able to be felt or touched.
(c) Dark and forbidding, gloomy.
(d) Warning of bad things to come.

3. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What literary technique is being employed in this phrase?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

4. As Rainsford begins to walk along the cliffside, what does he notice in the jungle?
(a) A fire burning somewhere deep in the jungle.
(b) That various traps have been set and that some are sprung.
(c) Signs of a large animal having been hunted and killed.
(d) Signs that the island is inhabited by many dangerous animals.

5. Which word does the narrator use to describe General Zaroff's home?
(a) Palatial.
(b) Foreboding.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Fanciful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rainsford and his partner disagree about?

2. As Rainsford nears the island, what does he hear?

3. What do Rainsford and his partner intend to hunt?

4. What kind of people does Rainsford guess might live on the island?

5. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?

(see the answer key)

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