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WorksheetsThe Most Dangerous Game Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
How does the author create suspense at the beginning of The Most Dangerous Game?
He has Whitney refer to Captain Nielsen, a dangerous figure.
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.
He starts the story with dialogue, not description.
What is Rainsford's special skill?
He is a chef known for his recipes for big game
He is a avid hunter
He is a sailor that travels the world
He is a navy seal in the American special forces
What are Whitney's character traits?
empathetic and smart
angry and bitter
nonemotional and ignorant
lazy and ignorant
How does Rainsford end up in the sea at the beginning of the story?
He was taking a midnight swim
He was fishing for marlin
He wasn't paying attention and slipped on the wet deck
He was looking towards the sound of gunshots and fell overboard while trying to catch his pipe
According to Whitney, what do the hunted fear?
Other animals
Being abandoned
Pain and death
Man and God
"... the sea licked greedy lips..." is an example of
Irony
foreshadowing
simile
personification
"Who cares how a jaguar feels?""Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney."Bah! They've no understanding." "...T world is made up of two classes-- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters." is an example of
imagery
irony
peronification
simile
"The old charts call it 'Ship-Trap Island,' Whitney replied. A suggestive name isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition-- " is an example of
simile
allusion
irony
foreshadowing
"... his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were many lights. But as he forged along he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building-- a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom. His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau." is an example of
foreshadowing
imagery
personification
metaphor
Whitney recounts Captain Nielson's reaction to the island, "Don't you feel anything?" as if the the air about us was actually poisonous...creates what kind of mood?
eerie and dreadful
excited and joyful
dull and boring
curious and inquisitive
"He heard it again; then was cut short by another noise, crisp, staccato" is
Sound imagery
smell imagery
sight imagery
personification
Rainsford can recognize a _ by the sound
(a)
Who does this describe: Large man with long black beard pointing a gun at Rainsford
Whitney
Zaroff
Ivan
Rainford's brother
Before being on the island, General Zaroff and Ivan were
Members of the American military fighting in WWI
Mercenary soldiers in Russia
Clever business men that invested heavily in French economy
Best friends in college at Oxford
Why has Zaroff stopped hunting tigers?
They are too dangerous
They are the Norman High mascot
They are endangered
He finds them boring
Because General Zaroff is no longer challenged by the animals he hunts, he now hunts humans.
True
False
What items does Zaroff provide Rainsford?
Food, water, gun
food, bow and arrow, clothes
Food, clothes, knife
He sends him with nothing.
How does Ivan die?
Quicksand
Poison
Gunshot
Knife
Why does Zaroff let Rainsford survive when he knew he was close to him?
He was toying with him
He didn't know where he was
He was trying to trick Rainsford
He was actually confused
How does Rainford survive?
Climbs a tree and jumps on Zaroff
Shoots Zaroff after trapping him in quicksand
He stabbs him in the jungle in a trap
Jumps into sea, swims to his house, and hides in Zaroff's room to kill him.
