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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Zaroff's response to being wounded by Rainsford?
(a) He moans.
(b) He yells.
(c) He stares silently toward Rainsford's hiding place.
(d) He laughs.

2. Into what two groups does Zaroff divide up the world?
(a) Thinkers and feelers.
(b) Brave and cowardly.
(c) Strong and weak.
(d) Hunters and hunted.

3. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
(a) He advertises for people to come work on his island.
(b) He has a false channel light that lures ships onto the rocks.
(c) He and his servant capture them on the mainland.
(d) He has artillery that he fires on passing ships, hoping to sink them.

4. What supplies does Zaroff offer the men he hunts?
(a) A flashlight and a map.
(b) Food and a knife.
(c) A map and matches.
(d) Rope, matches, and food.

5. What justification does Zaroff give for his actions?
(a) He kills his victims quickly and as painlessly as possible.
(b) He does give his victims a choice.
(c) He is only hunting lower class people.
(d) He is only hunting non-Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Rainsford's final trap?

2. When Rainsford digs his pit trap, he is said to dig like what?

3. On page 51, the word "dingy" is used. How is this word pronounced, and what does it mean?

4. On the morning of the second day of the hunt, what warns Rainsford that Zaroff is approaching?

5. After Zaroff leaves, when Rainsford is lying in the tree and thinking over what has just happened, what emotion does Rainsford feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does General Zaroff's definition of "civilized" seem to be?

2. What does Zaroff say about the "strong" and the "weak" (35)?

3. How does General Zaroff react to Rainsford's various traps?

4. What does Zaroff ask Rainsford to promise him he will do if he wins the "game," and what is the result?

5. Explain at least two ways in which the story's title can be understood.

6. Describe General Zaroff's actions when Rainsford is hiding in the tree.

7. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?

8. What does the sentence "He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations, clearly, must take place within that frame" mean? (49)

9. What does Zaroff want to show Rainsford in the cellar and in the library, and what does this tell the reader about him?

10. What part of the island does Zaroff tell Rainsford to avoid, and what are at least two likely motives for his warning?

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