The Most Dangerous Game - Vocabulary & Concept Flashcards

Vocabulary and character flashcards derived from the text of 'The Most Dangerous Game' by Richard Connell.

Ship-Trap Island

A mysterious island in the Caribbean surrounded by sailor dread and dangerous ocean conditions, where General Zaroff resides.

Sanger Rainsford

A celebrated big-game hunter from New York City and author who falls overboard from a yacht and becomes General Zaroff's human prey.

Whitney

Rainsford's hunting companion on the yacht who discusses the feelings of hunted animals and senses an evil atmosphere near Ship-Trap Island.

General Zaroff

A wealthy Cossack aristocrat and former officer of the Czar who turned to hunting human beings after growing bored with animal big game.

Ivan

A gigantic Cossack who is deaf and dumb, formerly served as official knouter to the Great White Czar, and works as Zaroff's loyal servant.

Captain Nielsen

The tough-minded Swedish captain of the yacht who solemnly noted the evil reputation and poisonous air surrounding Ship-Trap Island.

Purdey's

The supplier from whom Whitney and Rainsford were awaiting jaguar guns for their upcoming hunting trip up the Amazon.

San Lucar

A Spanish bark that wrecked on the razor-edged rocks near the island, providing sailors for Zaroff's cellar training school.

Ennui

A state of severe boredom that General Zaroff describes as his old complaint when hunting loses its danger and thrill.

Malay mancatcher

A trap constructed by balancing a heavy dead tree on a cut living sapling, which Rainsford used to injure General Zaroff's shoulder.

Death Swamp

A swamp located in the southeast corner of Ship-Trap Island known for its deadly quicksand.

Lazarus

General Zaroff's finest hunting hound in his pack, who died after following a trapped victim into the quicksand at Death Swamp.

Burmese tiger pit

A pit dug shoulder-deep, fitted with sharpened stakes at the bottom and covered with a woven carpet of weeds, which killed one of Zaroff's best dogs.

Native trick from Uganda

A trap featuring a hunting knife tied to a springy young sapling held back by wild grapevine, which killed Ivan during the chase.

Marcus Aurelius

The Roman emperor and philosopher whose works General Zaroff reads in his library to soothe himself after a hunt.