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The Most Dangerous Game QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2

He takes in everything around him all at once because his fear makes every minute seem to pass really slowly so that it feels like a year.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2

By the end of the story he is no longer fleeing and fights till the end in order to win and he will need to drop all civility and go back to his animal instincts in order to survive

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1

The Caribbean Sea

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2

His father owned a large amount of land so it sounds like his family is rich and he is an acomplished military man.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1

He promises that he will send him on a boat back to the mainland

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2

He got trapped in quicksand and died

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 He spent it in a tree

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 a quarter of a million

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 They don't leave that much of a trail

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 Rainsford thought that Zaroff was hiding in the tree because of his behavior. I think he was right because Zaroff is always acting kinda suspicious.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 He waits until a vicious storm throws a boat onto the island which causes boats to crash into the rocks and traps them.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 They both fight until one of them dies, which ends up being Zaroff

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Zaroff likes the challenge of an opponent he views as equal

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 Rainsford spent hours running through the jungle and still managed to climb a tree with his own strength.

15. Discuss the state of mind of Rainsford before he lands on the island versus that after he meets the General. What is different? (Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.)/5 Rainsford believes that the worls is made up of the hunter's and the huntee's. He believes that animals are dumb and have no feeling but after he meets the general he learns that animals do have feelings 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3

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