Literary Elements
Vocabulary
The Hunt
The General
Miscellaneous
100
The setting of the story
What is The Amazon? (also acceptable: South America; Amazon rainforest)
100
That which can be touched or felt; tangible
What is palpable?
100
The two characters who are arguing on the way to the hunting site's names
Who are Whitney and Raisford?
100
The General's name
What is Zaroff?
100
The author of the story
Who is Richard Connell?
200
The climax of the story
What is the revelation Zaroff hunts people?
200
To forgive or overlook.
What is condone?
200
The General's bodyguard/assistant
Who is Ivan?
200
The general's one passion in life
What is hunting?
200
Ivan's disabilities
What are deaf and mute?
300
Rainsford beats Zaroff at his own game.
What is irony?
300
Cannibals would be considered this
What is barbarous?
300
The main characters were to the Amazon to hunt for this animal
What is a jaguar?
300
The General invented the Most Dangerous Game for this reason
What is boredom? (also acceptable: he wanted a challenge)
300
Zaroff gets offended when Rainsford says his idea of hunting is actually this
What is murder?
400
A major theme of the story
What is "the hunter becomes the hunted"
400
If you were deeply concerned about someone or something you might approach them in this way
What is solicitously?
400
Zaroff says this animal is worth more than the sailors he hunts.
What are hounds (also acceptable horses)?
400
The general traps sailors using these
What are jagged rocks off the coast of his island?
400
This animal rushed Zaroff and fractured his skull.
What is a cape buffalo?
500
The denouement of the story
What is Zaroff's death?
500
One who lacks motivation would conduct himself in this way
What is indolently?
500
This is the name of the island in which the main character was stranded.
What is Ship-trap Island?
500
The General is originally from this region of the world.
What is Eastern Europe?
500
The main character is from here
What is New York?
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