The Most Dangerous Game Questions and answers

Foreshadowing

Examine Foreshadowing Connell makes use of foreshadowing to help readers predict future events in the story. Find at least three examples of foreshadowing in the story. How does this technique add to the suspense of this story? Cite evidence. 

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Examine Foreshadowing Connell makes use of foreshadowing to help readers predict future events in the story. Find at least three examples of foreshadowing in the story. How does this technique add to the suspense of this story? Cite evidence.

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Example: The name of the island 

The island was a real entrapment of ships and people. 

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Poll

What might be a foreshadowing clue? Select the ones that you think are clues.

• Finding bullet cartridges on the island  

• Zaroff’s speech of his most dangerous game  

• Rainsford's final jump to the cliff.

• Ivan's Death

Multiple Choice

At the end of the story, do you think Rainsford has changed his mind about hunting?

• Rainsford probably has more sympathy for the hunted animal now that he has been hunted. 

• Rainsford probably has less sympathy for the hunted animal. 

• No. The experience was not relevant.

• Yes, because he read a book about it.

Poll

Think of the first time and the last time that Rainsford and Zaroff meet in this story.   Select the options for their first meeting.

• They are both equal hunters. 

• They both have no feelings for the prey.  

• The roles are switched now as Rainsford is hunting Zaroff. 

• Rainsford has more determination to end the game now. 

• Zaroff was stronger. Rainsford is in need of shelter and food.  

Poll

Think of the first time and the last time that Rainsford and Zaroff meet in this story.   Select the options for their final meeting.

• Rainsford has more determination to end the game now.  

• Rainsford is as powerful as Zaroff now.

• The roles are switched now as Rainsford is hunting Zaroff. 

• Rainsford has more determination to end the game now. 

• Zaroff was stronger. Rainsford is in need of shelter and food.  

Poll

Analyze Theme.

Two themes in the story are: “Distinction between hunting and murder,” “To feel how someone feels, you must be in their shoes.”

Select the options that match the first theme. “Distinction between hunting and murder,”

• Rainsford disagrees to hunt humans with Zaroff 

• Connel contrasts Rainsford’s idea of dividing the world into two classes: the hunter and the huntee against his own experience as prey. 

• Rainsford is a huntee himself. 

• Zaro lives double standards in relation to morality and civility  

• Zaroff sees hunting humans as a sport while Rainsford considers it a a crime

Poll

Analyze Theme.

Select the options that match the first theme. ”“To feel how someone feels, you must be in their shoes.”

• His feelings during the hunt were described in anguish and fear as any other animal 

• Connel contrasts Rainsford’s idea of dividing the world into two classes: the hunter and the huntee against his own experience as prey. 

• The chase ended with Rainsford killing Zaroff.. 

• Zaro lives double standards in relation to morality and civility  

• most probably Rainsford at the end would sympathize with hunted animals more 

Multiple Select

Compare and contrast the concept of “being civilized” both for Rainsford and Zaroff? 

• The contrast between the cruelty of the game Genral Zaroff plays against the amenities that he brought to the island is ironic.

• Zaroff claimes to be civil although he hunts humans with the mere purpose of thrill.

• He even called Rainsford soft and romantic when the Rainsford refused to hunt with him. 

• Rainsford and Zaroff pretend to be civil but they bot kill humans for thrill.

Multiple Choice

In The Most Dangerous Game, which event happens first?

• Rainsford's trap kills Ivan.

• Rainsford falls overboard.

• Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff's bed.

• Rainsford leaps into the sea.

Multiple Choice

In The Most Dangerous Game, which answer best describes the problem General Zaroff has before he invents his game?

• He hates Ivan, but he needs his help for the hunt.

• He loves hunting, but he hates to see animals suffer.

• He cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him.

• He hates Rainsford, but he must be hospitable to get him to stay.

Multiple Choice

In The Most Dangerous Game, what is the game that Zaroff invents?

• He invites the world's greatest hunters to compete against one another.

• He hunts human beings; sailors he lures to the island.

• He invites other hunters to compete against Ivan.

• He and Ivan compete against each other in tracking animals.

Multiple Choice

In The Most Dangerous Game, how does Rainsford finally defeat General Zaroff?

• He makes a Malay mancatcher using a dead tree.

• He digs a pit lined with stakes and conceals it with branches.

• He refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunt any longer.

• He swims back to Zaroff's house and ambushes him there.  

Multiple Choice

In The Most Dangerous Game, what does General Zaroff list as important attributes of the animal he wishes to hunt?

• It must be exceptionally strong, cunning, and able to reason.

• It must be able to reason, be large, and cunning.

• It must be cunning, courageous, and be able to reason.

• It must be very large, strong and prey on animals.

Multiple Choice

In "The Most Dangerous Game," why does General Zaroff think he is justified in playing his game?

• He feels rich people have more rights than the poor people

• He resents the loss of his home in the Russian Revolution

• He feels that people have the right to use whatever power they have.

• He wishes to share the pleasure he feels in the game with others. 

Multiple Choice

“He lived a year in a minute” is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Zaroff's character is best described as...

• Dynamic

• Static

• Secondary

• Flat

Multiple Choice

“Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels.” This line from the story marks a change in Rainsford from how he felt about hunting at the beginning of the story. This change makes Rainsford a ________________ character?

• Antagonist

• Static

• Flat

• Dynamic

Multiple Choice

Who is the protagonist of "The Most Dangerous Game?"

• Rainsford

• Zaroff

• Ivan

• The reader

Multiple Choice

Which quote about The Most Dangerous Game could be labeled as irony?

• "The paddling sound of feet on the soft earth..."

• "He lived a year in a minute..."

• "The world famous game hunter was now being hunted as game himself..."

• "The impulse to cry aloud with joy..."

Multiple Choice

Rainsford jumping off the cliff is the story's _____.

• exposition

• climax

• conflict

• resolution