According to the passage, hunting is no longer interesting to Zaroff because...

• he has started to feel guilt over how many animals he has killed.
• he no longer enjoys a good chase.
• he was too easily able to kill what he was hunting.
• he has developed an intense hatred for human beings and wants to become a serial killer.

[Job or Function of Word]“After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Tsar to stay there. Many noble Russians lost everything. In the sentence above, what is the job/function of the word imprudent?

• It is a verb that shows the action of the general leaving Russia.
• It is a noun that explains who left Russia.
• It is an adjective that describes the general.
• It is an adjective that describes the situation if the general were to stay in Russia.

[Cause & Effect]Which of the following cause and effect relationships can be seen in the passage?

• Because Russia was unsafe, Zaroff became rich.
• Because Zaroff was such a skilled hunter, he never hunted big game.
• Because Rainsford does not trust Zaroff, he is afraid throughout this passage.
• Because Zaroff invested in American securities, he was wealthy without having to work.

[Drawing Conclusions]Based on Zaroff’s proclamation that “there is no greater bore than perfection,” which of the following statements would he most likely agree?

• “It is fun to beat a team 10-0 in soccer.”
• "I stop playing video games once I beat them because I have more fun playing new, more difficult games.”
• “I like to take easy classes in which I can ace all the tests rather than to take more difficult classes where I will be challenged.”
• “I don’t like to have to try very hard.”

[Main Idea] Which of the following best states the main idea of the below portion of the passage? As soon as I recovered, I started for the Amazon to hunt jaguars, for I had heard they were unusually cunning. They weren’t,” The Cossack sighed. ”They were no match at all for a hunter with his wits about him, and a high-powered rifle. I was bitterly disappointed. I was lying in my tent with a splitting headache one night when a terrible thought pushed its way into my mind. Hunting was beginning to bore me! And hunting, remember, had been my life. I have heard that in America businessmen often go to pieces when they give up the business that has been their life.”

• Zaroff has realized that hunting is too easy for him, so it was getting boring.
• Zaroff is often injured while hunting.
• Jaguars are unusually cunning animals.
• Zaroff is worried about losing his mind because he has already noticed symptoms.