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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the best description of the General's servant's clothing?
2. What explanation does Zaroff give for having recognized Rainsford?
3. 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?
4. Why does Zaroff no longer hunt tigers?
5. Which animal does Rainsford call the most dangerous?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did General Zaroff's early life prepare him to be a hunter?
2. How does Rainsford end up falling overboard?
3. What does Rainsford find in the jungle as he is walking toward Zaroff's house, and what does he conclude from it?
4. What warning signs are present in Zaroff's banter about Cossacks?
5. What clues does Connell give right away that the relationship between Ivan and Zaroff developed in the military?
6. Describe General Zaroff's house.
7. Describe Rainsford's first impression of General Zaroff.
8. What layers of irony are later revealed about Rainsford's suggestion that cannibals might live on Ship-Trap Island?
9. What is the disagreement between Rainsford and Whitney?
10. Describe the first encounter between Rainsford and Ivan.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The plot structure of "The Most Dangerous Game" is less evenly balanced than those of many short stories in the Western Canon. Write an essay in which you discuss what is gained and lost from the decision to end the story so quickly after the story's climax.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes how General Zaroff came to be the man he is when Rainsford meets him; explain multiple aspects of his personality, using textual evidence to justify speculations about how he came to be the way he is.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the story's ending in which you consider this question: Is Rainsford a hypocrite? Think about Rainsford's statements about hunting versus murder and animals versus humans. Are his beliefs consistent or do they seem to be designed to allow him to do something that he suspects might be wrong? How does this question relate to the ending of the story and his choice to seek out and kill Zaroff instead of finding and using Zaroff's boat? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.
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