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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 16-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?
(a) Zaroff carries a pistol with him.
(b) Zaroff keeps making strange jokes that Rainsford doesn't understand.
(c) Zaroff keeps staring at him.
(d) Zaroff refuses to answer Rainsford's questions.

2. What does Zaroff enjoy about hunting humans?
(a) They can reason.
(b) It reminds him of being in the war.
(c) They sometimes escape him.
(d) It breaks a powerful taboo.

3. What is the name of the island on which the story takes place?
(a) The island is unnamed.
(b) Sunken Ship Island.
(c) Shipwreck Island.
(d) Ship-Trap Island.

4. Why does Zaroff no longer hunt tigers?
(a) There are not enough tigers left to hunt them easily.
(b) He came to understand that they have feelings and thoughts, just like people.
(c) They do not challenge him enough.
(d) He was wounded by a tiger.

5. What does Zaroff imply he was afraid of when he realized that hunting had begun to bore him?
(a) Having a breakdown.
(b) Having to go home to Russia.
(c) That he was becoming weak and soft-hearted.
(d) That he was becoming a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rainsford see is true about three sides of Zaroff's house?

2. Why did Zaroff go into the army?

3. Why does Rainsford stand up on the ship's rail?

4. Who is the captain of the ship that Rainsford travels on?

5. What is the best description of the General's servant's clothing?

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