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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 33-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Rainsford nears the island, what does he hear?
(a) A scream and a gunshot.
(b) Recorded music.
(c) The sound of his ship hitting the rocks.
(d) A splash as if something has fallen in the water.

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

3. 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 a coward.
(d) That he was becoming weak and soft-hearted.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Zaroff use frequently to describe his life on the island?

2. What supplies does Zaroff offer the men he hunts?

3. What is it implied that Zaroff keeps in his library?

4. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?

5. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?

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