WorksheetsMost Dangerous Amontillado
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is charatcterization?
The major events that happen in a story.
The traits and changes that define a person in a story.
How the author feels about the subject he/she is writing about.
The emotions the reader has as they read a story.
How can interaction be defined?
The events that occur between two characters or ideas.
To remain idle or at rest during an expected time of activity.
How a person understands another's words or meaning.
A group or division in within a large number of people.
What is a work's plot?
The major events that occur in a story.
The traits that a person in a story exhibits.
The emotions the reader feels as they read.
The sequence of events that lead to an end of tension in a story.
What is the definition of chic?
A young woman
A young bird
stylish or fashionable
The leader of a desert tribe of bedouins.
What does emergent mean?
A medicine that causes nausea and vomiting.
Filled with life or energy.
A situation that requires immediate medical attention.
Developing or recently beginning.
Define catacombs.
An underground burial chamber.
A tool used to groom the fur of a feline
A machine that launches a projectile into the air.
A mechanical system that produces movement via a belt drive
What is reminiscing?
To move backwards or to regress to a previous point of progress.
To remember an evening in the past fondly or with pleasure.
A promise or an endeavor to improve one's life.
A sudden, violent social or technological change.
What is immolation?
To change or to evolve from a starting point.
A new or novel idea in technology or science.
Destruction, especially by means of fire.
To bind so that physical movement is not possible.
What is a connoisseur?
A person who is always disagreeing with others.
A person who teaches courses at a university.
A person who has refined tastes and educated opinions
A person who is a nobleman or royalty.
How is motley defined?
Grungy, soiled or outstandingly dirty.
Drab or uninspiring, insipid or tasteless.
Of many or myriad textures, shapes or colors.
A costume of many different colors; a clown suit.
What is nitre?
A nitrogen rich white mineral found in caves
A unit of measurement equal to three feet and three inches.
A tall pointed hat worn by popes, cardinals and bishops.
To re-gather a group of people after a long period of absence
What does pallid mean?
Extremely white or pale complexion.
Very deep, as in a lake or sea floor.
True or factual
Old, broken-down or out of service.
How does Rainsford feel about the animals he hunts?
sympathetic
pitying
concerned
callous
Where is the setting for "The Most Dangerous Game?"
The Bermuda Triangle
An island in the Caribbean Sea.
The southern mountains of Russia
In New York City
How does Rainsford get stuck on Shiptrap Island?
He falls overboard his ship.
His boat plows into the rocks near the island.
He wants to go there to hunt big game.
He is invited by General Zaroff.
What kind of host is General Zaroff, at first?
Austere and cold.
Cruel and callous.
Courteous and thoughtful.
Harsh and sparing.
Why is General Zaroff so glad to meet Rainsford?
They are both hunters.
Zaroff has read about Rainford in the newspapers.
Zaroff has read a book Rainsford wrote.
He wants to hunt Rainsford for sport.
What let's us know that General Zaroff is uncivilized?
He calls himself a savage, like his servant Ivan.
The author gives him a menacing appearance - red lips, sharp teeth.
He wears "evening dress" to dinner.
He enjoys eating human flesh; he's a cannibal.
When Rainsford's friend suggests that animals probably feel fear and pain, Rainford says....
You are going soft (crazy).
Don't talk rot (nonsense).
You might be right.
It's a shame, but they have to die somehow anyway.
Why does General Zaroff hunt humans?
Hunting animals bores him.
He wants a new challenge.
He likes how human flesh tastes.
Animals can't reason, humans can.
