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The Most Dangerous Game...LOL

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the protagonist in the story

a)

Whitney

b)

Rainsford

c)

General Zaroff

d)

Ivan

2.

What is the name of the island that Rainsford takes refuge?

a)

Ship-Trap island

b)

Trap-House Island

c)

Caribbean Island

d)

Cannibal Island

3.

Who greets Rainsford at the door of the mansion with a gun pointing at him?

a)

General Zaroff

b)

Ivan

c)

Captain Archboot

d)

A pirate

4.

What is the climax of the story?

a)

When Ivan dies

b)

When the hunt begins

c)

When Rainsford falls off the ship

d)

When Rainsford dives off the cliff

5.

General Zaroff first comes to his island after

a)

Swimming to it when his ship sank

b)

Being stranded on it by his crew

c)

Inheriting it from his father

d)

buying it in order to build his chateau

6.

What is Zaroff’s main reason for preferring to hunt human beings rather than animals?

a)

There is no other big game on his island

b)

He doesn't like to kill innocent creatures

c)

He hates humanity and wants to take revenge against it

d)

Hunting men is more of a challenge than hunting beasts

7.

Rainsford finally gets the better of Zaroff when Rainsford...

a)

kills Ivan, leaving Zaroff defenseless

b)

swims to Zaroff’s château and surprises him

c)

signals to a passing boat that helps him escape

d)

catches Zaroff in a tiger trap made from a bent sapling

8.

Zaroff especially welcomes Rainsford because the general...

a)

is glad to meet another expert hunter

b)

wishes to share his secret with the world

c)

wants news about the outside world

d)

has no other humans on the island to hunt

9.

Rainsford first realizes he is going to be the prey when...

a)

he sees the blood and an empty cartridge in the bush

b)

Zaroff claims to hunt game that is more dangerous than the Cape buffalo

c)

"Zaroff claims to have invented a new kind of game to hunt"

d)

"Zaroff tells him to join the hunt or become Ivan’s sport"

10.

"Which of the following quotes from the text is an example of foreshadowing?"

a)

"This place has an name among seafaring men, sir."

b)

"I  read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see."

c)

"I have  electricity. We try to be civilized here."

d)

"I will not hunt."

11.

Who is dead by the end of the story?

a)

Rainsford

b)

Rainsford, Ivan, and two of the captive sailors

c)

Zaroff, Ivan, and one of Zaroff's best dogs

d)

Rainsford and Zaroff

12.

 Which of the following statements best describes how Zaroff justifies his hunting of human beings?

a)

"Animal life is more precious than human life."

b)

"Only the strong deserve to survive."

c)

"Individual freedom is more important than laws."

d)

"Human beings are not morally responsible for one another."

13.

The main conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" is between

a)

Two different opinions of what the most dangerous animal is

b)

a person and the doubts and fears within himself

c)

a human being and human evil

d)

a human being and the forces of nature

14.

When was "The Most Dangerous Game" written?

a)

1924

b)

2002

c)

2009

d)

1963

15.

The last sentence of the story is, “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” What important piece of plot information does that sentence give you?

a)

Zaroff has lost the final duel.

b)

Rainsford has safely reached his homeland.

c)

Rainsford has a history of sleep problems.

d)

Rainsford cares too much about luxuries.

16.

Foreshadowing is a

a)

Scene that is out of chronological order

b)

struggle between inner and outer forces

c)

hint about what is to come in the plot

d)

look back at what happened before the story began

17.

Which of the following statements is the best example of foreshadowing in the story?

a)

Whitney’s tales of Ship-Trap Island foreshadow danger.

b)

The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe foreshadows his death.

c)

The fact that Ivan does not speak foreshadows the story of Ivan’s youth.

d)

Rainsford’s construction of traps foreshadows that he is an expert hunter.

18.

Who is the author of the short story?

a)

Richard Conell

b)

Richard Connel

c)

Richard Connell

d)

Richard E. Connell

19.

Rainsford falls into the Caribbean Sea because (a) he lunges for his pipe, (b) the yacht lurches and he stumbles, (c) Whitney pushes him

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

All of the above....lol imagine

20.

Rainsford swims ashore and finds himself on (a) a sandy, palm-lined beach, (b) a rocky shore where the jungle is close at hand, (c) the pier of a busy harbor

a)

a

b)

d

c)

b

d)

c

21.

Rainsford escapes into the (a) jungle, (b) swamp, (c) sea

a)

B

b)

A

c)

C

d)

All of the above

22.

What literary devices are used in The Most Dangerous Game

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

suspense

d)

personification

23.

What is the theme of The Most Dangerous Game?

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24.

What are some other literary devices in the story The Most Dangerous Game?

a)

allusion

b)

irony

c)

foreshadowing

d)

imagery

25.

Summarize the story in 3 sentences.

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26.

What types of irony are used in The Most Dangerous Game?

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27.

What is the internal conflict of Rainsford in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

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28.

What is the mood id "The Most Dangerous Game"?

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