MDG Quiz

What does scruples mean as used in the following passage?:

I'll wager you'll forget your notions when you go hunting with me. You've a genuine new thrill in store for you, Mr. Rainsford."

"Thank you, I'm a hunter, not a murderer."

"Dear me," said the general, quite unruffled, "again that unpleasant word. But I think I can show you that your scruples are quite ill founded."

• misgivings about something you think is bad or wrong

• laziness

• determination

• innocence

Which sentence describes the relationship to the plot in the story?

• The setting is important only at the beginning.

• The setting contributes little to the conclusion.

• The setting influences the progression of events.

• The setting prevents the resolution of the conflict.

Which is NOT an example of internal conflict that happens in the story?

• Zaroff and boredom with trophy hunting

• Rainsford and Whitney's opposing views about the jaguar's feelings.

• Rainsford controlling his nerves and fear during the hunt.

• Rainsford feeling uncomfortable about Zaroff's gaze during dinner.

Which part of the plot fits in "falling action?"

• Zaroff going home and deciding that Rainsford didn't play the game.

• Rainsford swimming to shore from falling off the boat.

• Rainsford saying that he wants to leave.

• Rainsford jumping into the sea.

Which part of plot does denouement directly follow?

• exposition

• resolution

• falling action

• inciting incident

Zaroff describes Rainsford's feelings about hunting people as...

• palpable

• zealous

• naïve

• indolent

Which is NOT an example of external conflict?

• Rainsford swimming to shore

• Rainsford being hunted by Zaroff

• Zaroff hunting people to stave off boredom

• Rainsford setting traps for Zaroff.

Which part of the story best and accurately shows foreshadowing in the story?

• Rainsford smoking his pipe foreshadows his death

• Tales of Ship-Trap island foreshadow the conflict and violence of Zaroff hunting Rainsford

• Ivan's silence foreshadows his history as a child.

• Rainsford setting traps foreshadows that he hunts.

Which detail is described as palpable?

• the tension after Zaroff says that he hunts people

• the blackness of the night sky while at sea

• the terror Rainsford feels as he is being hunting

• The deliciousness of the food at dinner

What does the word "indolently" mean as used in the following passage?

Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier. The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him." It's so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids--"

• passionately

• lazily

• innocently

• cautiously