The Most Dangerous Game

In "The Most Dangerous Game," why does Zaroff feel his game is not immoral?

• He does not directly kill his victims.
• He gives his visitors plenty of good food and exercise.
• He respects his victims' feelings.
• He believes that the weak exist to give pleasure to the strong.

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 has lured to the island.
• He invites other hunters to compete against Ivan.
• He and Ivan compete against each other in tracking animals.

Which of the following is the best example of foreshadowing in this story?

• The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe foreshadows his death.

• The fact that Ivan is mute foreshadows his background.

• Whitney's tales of Ship-Trap Island foreshadow the danger present there.

• Rainsford's construction of the traps foreshadows that he is an expert hunter.

All of these are FLASHBACKS in the text EXCEPT _____.

• Zaroff tells Rainsford about his childhood.
• Rainsford remembers his time hunting in Uganda.
• Rainsford thinks about making a Malay Man-Catcher in Malacca.
• Zaroff uses the hounds.

Why does the General smile and turn away from the tree where Rainsford is hiding?

• he thinks that he has found another trail
• he wants to save him to hunt another day
• he is satisfied with his work for the day
• he resolves to find Rainsford the next day

What is Rainsford's worldview at the start of the story?

• The weak exist to serve the strong

• All human life deserves to be valued

• It is only realistic that the world be divided into hunters & hunted

• You need to consider how your actions affect those around you

Which of the following best describes Rainsford's first impression of General Zaroff?

• He is an overall ordinary man who lives in an extraordinary house

• He warmly welcomes Rainsford, but he can tell there is something strange about Zaroff

• He is just as, if not more, intimidating & off-putting than his companion Ivan.

• He seems very lonely and sad, so Rainsford agrees to have dinner with him out of pity.

What problem did Zaroff eventually realize he had with hunting?

• It was too mathematical and without passion.

• It was too easy and had become boring for him.

• It reminded him of everything he'd left behind in Russia.

• It relied too much on traps and not just weapons.

Why does the general wish to hunt Rainsford?

• Rainsford is the only other human on the island besides himself & Ivan.

• Zaroff wants to hunt someone who will actually challenge him.

• Rainsford refuses to promise not to tell anyone about Zaroff's "game."

• Rainsford wants to leave the island without hunting with him.

“The old charts call it ‘Ship-Trap Island,’” Whitney replied. “A suggestive name, isn’t it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don’t know why. Some superstition — ”

How does this description of the island build suspense in the story?

• It suggests that something bad will happen as they pass the island

• It foreshadows that something dangerous and terrible is about to happen

• It creates a mood of suspicion when they don't say why the sailors are afraid of it

• It sets up irony because Rainsford laughs off the superstition at first