The Most Dangerous Game Test and Quiz Questions

Which of the following best describes "The Most Dangerous Game"?

A- a classic struggle between rich and poor

B- a bitter attack on hunting

C- a deadly contest between two hunters

D- a superstitions tale told by sailors

C

How does Connell create suspense at the very beginning of the story?

A- the story begins with dialogue, not description

B- Whitney refers to Captain Nielsen, a mysterious figure

C- Whitney describes the mysterious reputation of the island they are passing

D- Whitney and Rainsford plan to go hunting in the Amazon

C

Which of the following events comes first in "The most dangerous game"

A- rainsford Spears Ivan

B- rainsford falls overboard

C- rainsford sleeps in zaroff's bed

D- rainsford leaps into the sea

B

Which of the following identifies the main conflict in "the most dangerous game"

A- rainsford vs zaroff

B- Ivan vs Zaroff

C- rainsford vs the ocean

D- rainsford vs Ivan

A

Which of the following best describes general zaroff's problems before he invents his "game"

A- he loves hunting but hates to see animal suffer

B- he hates I've been but he needs him for company

C- He cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him

D- he hates Rainsford but must be kind to him

C

Why does Zaroff not consider his sport immoral?

A- he does not directly kill his victims

B- he gives his visitors plenty of good food and exercise

C- he respects his victims

D- he believes that the weak were put on Earth to give the strong pleasure

D

Zaroff tells Rainsford that the visitors to the island always choose to go hunting with him. What can you infer from this remark?

A-the visitors like to play zaroff's game

B- they have formed secret plans to escape

C- they are willing to take their chances in the hunt rather than be tortured by Ivan

D- Zaroff tricks them into believing that the hunt will not hurt them

C

Which of the following is the resolution of the main conflict in " the most dangerous game"

A- rainsford appears in zaroff's bedroom

B- Zaroff finds rainsford's circular trail

C- rainsford dives into the sea

D- one of Zaroff's dogs falls into Rainsford's trap

A

Which character in "the most dangerous game" experiences the most internal conflicts

A- Whitney

B-Zaroff

C-Ivan

D-rainsford

D

In the conflict with rainsford, what factor Contributes to Zaroff's death

A - his own overconfidence

B - his careless mistakes

C - his inferior hunting skills

D- the loss of Ivan

A

In the conflict with Rainsford, zaroff is defeated by Rainsford's hunting skills and also by his

A- own overconfidence

B- loss of Ivan

C- inattention to detail

D- inferior hunting skills

A

As he tries to escape from Zaroff, Rainsford also struggles to overcome his own feelings of

A- anger

B- loneliness

C- honor

D- panic

D

You can infer that rainsford succeeds largely because

A- he is resourceful and refuses to play by zaroff's rules

B- he considers zaroff's "sport" to be cold-blooded murder

C- he has no sympathy for the animals he hunts

D- he believes life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong

A

What can you infer from the following sentence about what rainsford sees after he falls from the yacht?

"The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies; then they were blotted our entirely by the night"

A- there are many fireflies on the island

B- rainsford has lost his glasses

C- the yacht is moving away from him

D- the yacht is moving closer to him

C

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-buying it in order to build his château there

D-inheriting it from his father

C

Rainsford comes to the island because he

A-swims to it after accidentally falling overboard

B-wishes to write an article about about Zaroff

C-wants to prove that Zaroff can't successfully hunt him

D-wants to bring the evil Zaroff to justice

A

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

D

Zaroff especially welcomes Rainsford because the general -

A-is glad to meet another expert hunter

B-wants news about the outside world

C-has no other humans on the island to hunt

D-wishes to share his secret with the world

A

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

D

Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins?

A-so that his feet will not get cold on the ground

B-because the shoes are more comfortable than other shoes

C-they do not fit Zaroff anymore

D-the shoes will not leave tracks when Rainsford runs

D

Who is dead by the end of the story

A-rainsford

B-rainsford and Zaroff

C-rainsford, Ivan, and two of the captive sailors

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

D

Rainsford finally gets better of Zaroff when Rainsford -

A-swims to zaroff's château and surprises him

B-kills Ivan leaving Zaroff defenseless

C-catches Zaroff in a tiger trap made from a bent sapling

D-signals to a passing boat that helps him escape

A

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

A-two different opinions of what the most dangerous animal is

B-a human being and human being

C-a person and the doubts and fears within himself

D-a human being and the forces of nature

B

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

A

Which of the following events occurs first

A-Ivan threatens Rainsford

B-Zaroff welcomes rainsford

C-Zaroff hunts Rainsford

D-Whitney warns Rainsford

D

Foreshadowing is a

A-look back at what happened before the story began

B-hint about what is to come in the plot

C-scene that is out of chronological order

D-struggle between inner and outer forces

B

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

A-Whitney's take 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

A