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WorksheetsThe Most Dangerous Game Analysis
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
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.
In The Most Dangerous Game, which answer best describes the problem General Zaroff has before he invents his game?
He hates Ivan, but he needs his help for the hunt.
He loves hunting, but he hates to see animals suffer.
He cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him.
He hates Rainsford, but he must be hospitable to get him to stay.
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, what does General Zaroff list as important attributes of the animal he wishes to hunt?
It must be exceptionally strong, cunning, and able to reason.
It must be able to reason, be large, and cunning.
It must be cunning, courageous, and be able to reason.
It must be very large, strong and prey on animals.
What is the meaning of appraising in the following sentence from The Most Dangerous Game? Base your answer on the context clues.
Whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.
informing
avoiding him
evaluating
envying
What is the meaning of quarry in the following passage from "The Most Dangerous Game?" Base your answer on context clues.
"I wanted the ideal animal to hunt, "explained the general. "So I said" 'What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?"'
animal that is hunted
animal that is hunting
person who is hunting
desire to go hunting
What is the meaning of futile in the following sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game?" Base your answers on context clues.
Now he had got a grip on himself, had stopped, and was taking stock of himself and the situation. He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea.
direct
useless
obvious
understandable
In "The Most Dangerous Game," why does General Zaroff think he is justified in playing his game?
He feels rich people have more rights than the poor people
He resents the loss of his home in the Russian Revolution
He feels that people have the right to use whatever power they have.
He wishes to share the pleasure he feels in the game with others.
In The Most Dangerous Game,"which factor contributes most to General Zaroff's defeat at Rainsford's hands?
Zaroff's loss of Ivan
Zaroff's overconfidence
Zaroff's reliance on his dogs
Zaroff's inferior hunting skills.
“The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies” contains an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
“Sleep had given him new vigor; a sharp hunger was picking at him.” This line contains
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
What figurative language can be found in this line: “giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws”?
metaphor
personification
simile and personification
simile
“He lived a year in a minute” is an example of what type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
