Comprehension Questions
Rainsford's friend's name at the beginning of the story.
Who is Whitney?
The element of plot structure that Rainsford sleeping in Zaroff's bed falls in.
What is resolution?
The antagonist of the story.
Who is General Zaroff? Who is Zaroff?
The name of the island.
What is Ship-Trap Island?
The only internal conflict we have learned.
Where Rainsford is heading in the beginning of the story and why.
What is the Amazon to hunt jaguars?
The peak of the conflict.
What is the climax?
The protagonist of the story.
Who is Rainsford? Who is Sanger Rainsford?
A description of Ivan.
What is Zaroff's butler/helper, tall, bearded, Russian, Cossack, savage, deaf & dumb.
The main conflict TYPE in "The Most Dangerous Game".
What is character versus character?
One of the tactics Rainsford used throughout the hunt.
What is a Burmese tiger pit, a Malay man catcher, creating a fake path & hiding in a tree, and Uganda knife tactic. (can explain them)
The first element of plot structure where background information is introduced.
What is exposition?
The definition of direct characterization.
What is the author telling the audience directly about the character.
The reason Zaroff makes Rainsford uncomfortable.
What is sizing him up/looking him up and down?
The second main conflict TYPE in "The Most Dangerous Game".
What is character versus nature?
The author of "The Most Dangerous Game".
Who is Richard Connell?
The element before resolution.
What is falling action?
The definition of indirect characterization.
What is when the audience has to infer/assume something about the character because the author indirectly tells them.
A character that is well-developed throughout a story.
How the ocean/sea is described to help create conflict.
What is "rumbling & hissing", "bloodwarm", powerful & dangerous.
The two classes Rainsford, Whitney, & Zaroff believe the world is made up of.
What are the hunters & the huntees.
The definition of rising action.
What is conflict/tension is being built/growing.
The change Rainsford went through throughout the story.
What is changing from a selfish hunter to an empathetic hunter because he understands what it feels like to be hunted now.
Ms. Heintzelman's age.
What is 26?
The internal conflict within the story (Ms. H can give a hint).
What is Rainsford struggling with hopelessness, anxiety, stress, and fear that makes him question his thoughts/morals of hunting?