Worksheets"The Most Dangerous Game" Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the setting of the story?
a boat in a river
an island in the North Pole
Ship Trap Island
Zaroff's house
What is the main conflict of the story?
Rainsford fell off a yacht.
Zaroff hunts men, and Rainsford is his prey.
Zaroff is bored with hunting.
Ivan is dead.
Which of these is an example of external conflict?
Rainsford is trying to think of ways to evade Zaroff.
Rainsford doesn't care how prey feel when he's hunting them, but now he is the prey.
Zaroff is bored with hunting.
Zaroff is hunting Rainsford.
Which of these is an example of internal conflict?
Rainsford builds a Malay Mancatcher to stop Zaroff.
Rainsford is struggling with fear and what it is like to be the prey.
Rainsford builds a Burmese Tiger Pit to stop Zaroff.
Ivan brings dogs to hunt down Rainsford.
What type of conflict is this? Zaroff hunts Rainsford.
person v. self
person v. nature
person v. person
person v. animal
What type of conflict is this? Zaroff is bored with hunting.
person v. self
person v. nature
person v. person
person v. animal
Who is the protagonist?
Ivan
Rainsford
Zaroff
Whitney
Who is the antagonist?
Ivan
Rainsford
Zaroff
Whitney
What kind of characterization is this? "He had high cheekbones, a sharp cut nose, a spare, dark face..."
indirect
excellent
bad
direct
What kind of characterization is this? The reader can infer that Rainsford is a moral man because he considers what Zaroff does as murder.
indirect
excellent
bad
direct
Which of these is a theme of the story?
It is wrong to hunt.
Sometimes the bad guy wins.
You do you -- no matter what the cost.
Hunting, murder, and self defense are different things.
At the beginning of the story, Rainsford and Whitney debate whether or not animals feel fear and pain. Later, Rainsford realizes what it is like to be a hunted animal. Which figurative language or literary element does this represent?
foreshadowing
metaphor
irony
suspense
Which figurative language or literary element is represented? "The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse."
foreshadowing
metaphor
irony
suspense
General Zaroff prides himself on being civilized, but he is actually quite barbaric. Which figurative language or literary element does this represent?
foreshadowing
metaphor
irony
suspense
After each trap is set, Rainsford waits to see the outcome. Which figurative language or literary element does this represent?
foreshadowing
metaphor
irony
suspense
Which figurative language or literary element is represented? "...a sharp hunger was picking at him..."
simile
personification
allusion
onomatopoeia
Which figurative language or literary element is represented? "An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake..."
simile
personification
allusion
onomatopoeia
Which figurative language or literary element is represented? "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable."
simile
personification
allusion
onomatopoeia
