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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.

What event first establishes the idea that "The Most Dangerous Game" will be about a hunter who learns what it's like to be hunted?

• when Rainsford talks with Whitney on the boat

• when Rainsford decides that he's never slept in a better bed

• when Zaroff turns loose the killer hunting dogs

• when Rainsford swims to the island

• when Rainsford leaps from the cliff

 

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 invites other hunters to compete against Ivan.

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

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

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

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

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

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 cunning, courageous, and be able to reason.

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

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

What weapon did Zaroff give Rainsford when he turned the hunter loose in the jungle?

• a pistol

• a hunting knife

• a whip

• a battle axe

• a bow and arrows

"The Most Dangerous Game" suggests that there's not much difference between humans and animals. Which of the following is evidence that supports that theory?

• The dogs understand the general's command and obey him.

• Zaroff keeps a pack of hunting dogs in his mansion.

• Zaroff files his teeth to look more like a predator.

• Rainsford can't survive just with reason; he has to also rely on his animal instinct.

• Ivan is so strong, he can lift a fallen tree off of his master.

In "The Most Dangerous Game", how does Rainsford manage to kill off Zaroff's giant bodyguard, Ivan?

• He ties a knife to a tree branch and sets it as a trap.

• He tricks Ivan into falling into a spiked pit.

• He never actually does. Rainsford just wounds him with a trap.

• He strangles Ivan in the mansion's wine cellar.

• He throw's Ivan off a cliff, into the ocean.

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

• He makes a Malay mancatcher using a dead tree.

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

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

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

Which of the following would be a valid conclusion the reader might draw from the story "The Most Dangerous Game"?

• Rainsford is certain to be the next owner of Ship Trap Island.

• Even the most dangerous animal posses no threat to a hunter with the power to reason.

• Those who are in power can make the rules.

• The prey will always outsmart the predator.

• Animals feel fear, therefore they should not be killed.