The Most Dangerous Game Questions

What is the narrative perspective of this story?

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person limited

Which of the following is not an example of conflict in the story

• Rainsford’s struggle for survival as he is pursued by General

  Zaroff.
  

• The heated discussion between Rainsford and Whitney at the start of the story.

• Rainsford’s internal confrontation with his own moral stance on

  taking life.
  

• Zaroff’s internal battle with his notions of boredom.

Which of the following quotations contains an example of foreshadowing:

• “He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face.”

• The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him.”
  

• “‘Even so, I rather think they understand one thing--fear. The

  fear of pain and the fear of death.’”
  

• “There was no breeze. The sea was as flat as a plate-glass

  window...”

Which of the following most accurately describes Whitney’s beliefs about evil?

• It is a very real emotion which helps us survive.
  

• It is something which sailors have an almost sixth-sense about.

• It is a presence which lives inside all of us; we all experience it.

• At times it is so real it is almost physical: like you can touch it.

What is the tone of this extract? “But it was no mirage, he found, when he opened the tall spiked iron gate. The stone steps were real enough; the massive door with a leering gargoyle for a knocker was real enough; yet above it all hung an air of unreality.”

• Depressing

• Sinister
  

• Sarcastic

• Admiring

What does the general mean when he says that meeting Rainsford is like “finding a snuffbox in a limousine.”

• That he is extremely excited to find him.

• He finds Rainsford to be so strange and

  unexpected.
  

• He appreciates Rainsford’s sense of

  morality.
  

• He sees that Rainsford likes luxury, but

  also that he likes to live dangerously.

Which of the following statements best describes how Zaroff justifies his choice of new prey for hunting?

• Only the strong deserve to survive.
  

• Human beings are not as civilized as they

  think.
  

• Individual desire is more important than

  morals.
  

• Animal life is more precious than human

  life.

By the time the story ends, who is still alive?

• Zaroff

• Rainsford

• Ivan

• The dogs