The Most Dangerous Game

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

• When Rainsford first finds himself shipwrecked

• When Rainsford runs into Zaroff

• 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...

Who is the protagonist?

• Zaroff

• Ivan

• Bob

• Rainsford

Who is the story's antagonist?

• Ivan

• Zaroff

• Rainsford

• Harrison Bergeron

True or False: Rainsford survives the hunt.

• True

• False

True or False: Rainsford and Zaroff are fighting for the same goal.

• True

• False

Judging by the actions of Zaroff and Ivan, you can infer that...

• They have a conflict between themselves.

• They have a conflict between themselves and Rainsford.

• There is no conflict at all.

• They have separate conflicts.

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 lures to the island.

• He invites other hunters to compete against Ivan.

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

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

• He makes a Malay mancatcher using a dead tree.

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

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

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

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.