The Most Dangerous Game

Which best describes the theme of The Most Dangerous Game?

• The tables can turn at any time.
• Friends can come together in unexpected places.
• Revenge is always the answer.
• Never underestimate your family.

How does the author create suspense at the beginning of the selection?

• He starts the story with dialogue, not description.
• He has Whitney go to bed early.
• He has Whitney describe the mysterious reputation of the island they are passing.
• He shows how Whitney and Rainsford plan to go hunting in the Amazon.

The setting of The Most Dangerous Game is...

• Zaroff's house
• New York City
• Ship Trap Island
• The Sumerian Jungle

What type of conflict is presented in The Most Dangerous Game?

• man vs. nature
• man vs. self
• man vs. man
• all of the above

Who is the protagonist?

• Zaroff
• Ivan
• Bob
• Rainsford

Who is the story's antagonist?

• Ivan
• Zaroff
• Rainsford
• Harrison Bergeron

Which of the following best describes the climax of The Most Dangerous Game?

• When Rainsford first finds himself shipwrecked
• When Rainsford find the mansion
• When Zaroff explains that he enjoys hunting people as sport
• When Rainsford jumps into the water to make his final escape

Which quote from 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..."

True or False: Rainsford survives the hunt.

• True
• False

How does General Zaroff lure sailors onto his island?

• He invites well-know intellectuals to stay with him and go hunting
• He kidnaps men from locals villages
• He tricks passing ships into crashing and hunts survivors
• He hires workers but then hunts them