Plot Points
This is where Rainsford first meets General Zaroff
What is Ship-Trap Island?
This character trait best describes General Zaroff's personality
What is sophisticated but cruel/sadistic?
This type of conflict is primarily featured in the story: man v self; man v man; man v society; man v nature; man v technology; man v fate
What is man vs. man?
This describes the story's primary setting
What is a remote Caribbean island?
The author's primary purpose in writing this story was to
What is to entertain while exploring moral questions about hunting and the value of human life?
This is what Rainsford does to survive his final encounter with Zaroff
What is hiding in Zaroff's bedroom?
This is Rainsford's occupation before arriving on the island
What is a big-game hunter?
This literary device/figurative language is used when Rainsford hears the gunshots at the beginning
What is foreshadowing?
This word means "evil reputation" as used to describe Ship-Trap Island
What is infamous?
Based on the text, what can you infer about Zaroff's view of civilization?
What is that he sees himself as above society's moral laws while maintaining a civilized facade?
This is the name of Zaroff's servant
Who is Ivan?
This reveals Zaroff's boredom with traditional hunting
What is his statement about hunting being too easy/no longer challenging?
This is the main theme of the story
What is the hunter becoming the hunted/the value of human life?
This describes Zaroff's mansion decor
What is luxurious/palatial/decorated with hunting trophies?
Which statement best summarizes the central message of the story?
What is "The experience of being hunted leads Rainsford to understand the true value of life and the terror of being prey"?
This is what happens to Whitney at the beginning of the story
This is what happens to Whitney at the beginning of the story
This shows Rainsford's initial attitude toward hunting
What is his belief that animals don't feel/understand fear?
This represents the story's climax
What is the final confrontation between Rainsford and Zaroff?
This Russian word means "huntsman"
What is Cossack?
What can you infer about the author's attitude toward hunting based on the story's resolution?
What is that he critiques the casual attitude toward killing by forcing the hunter to experience being hunted?
These are the three tricks Rainsford uses to evade Zaroff during the hunt
What are the Malay mancatcher, Burmese tiger pit, and native Ugandan knife trick?
This represents the major change in Rainsford's character by the end
What is understanding what it feels like to be hunted/gaining empathy?
This literary device is used in "The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees"
What is irony (as Rainsford becomes the huntee)?
This describes the jungle environment where the hunt takes place
What is dense/thick/impenetrable undergrowth?
Which conclusion about human nature is best supported by the text?
What is that civilization is a thin veneer that can mask mankind's capacity for cruelty?