General Narrative questions
What is the point-of-view that is used in The Most Dangerous Game?
3rd
What is the name of Rainsford’s friend he talks to at the beginning of the story?
Whitney
How many days does the hunt last?
Three
What is the word that matches this definition?
Looking or gazing in an unpleasant way
Leering
What is the word that matches this definition?
Quickly and without warning
Abrupt
Explain what second person point-of-view is.
Uses the pronoun “you” to address the reader. This implies that the reader is a character in the story
What do Rainsford and General Zaroff quickly discover that they have in common?
They are both big game hunters
What does Zaroff say is the “the most dangerous game?”
Humans
What is the word that matches this definition?
Showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment. Innocent
Naive
What is the word that matches this definition?
Effort, energy, and enthusiasm
Vigor
What is a protagonist and who is the protagonist in The Most Dangerous Game?
What is an antagonist and who is the antagonist in The Most Dangerous Game?
The main character in a story.
Rainsford
The character in direct conflict with the main character.
General Zaroff
How are Rainsford and his friend separated?
When Whitney goes to sleep, Rainsford stays up to smoke and ends up falling off the boat
When Rainsford finds the chateau, who is first to greet him at the front door?
Ivan
What is the word that matches this definition?
The property of being able to survive and grow
Vitality
What is the word that matches this definition?
Overcome a difficulty or obstacle
Surmount
What is a first person point of view?
What is a third person narrative/ point of view?
When the narrative is told through the perspective of a character in the story. Uses the “I” pronoun
When a narrator tells the story using “he/him, she/her, or they/them” pronouns
What is the original offer General Zaroff gives to Rainsford in regard to hunting?
That Rainsford can hunt another human with him.
After Rainsford turns down General Zaroff’s original offer, what is the new deal Zaroff gives him?
He will either agree to be hunted by Zaroff or be tortured by Ivan
What is the word that matches this definition?
Accept/ allow behavior that is considered morally wrong to continue
Condone
What is the word that matches this definition?
Try to acquire or develop a quality or skill
Cultivate
Name the five different parts of a plot diagram.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
Name all the different traps that Rainsford sets for Zaroff.
Malay man-catcher
Burmese Tiger Pit
Ugandan Spring Trap
Why is Zaroff not afraid of someone sneaking in his house to murder him?
His house has cliffs on three sides and his dogs protect the front
What is the word that matches this definition?
Motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
Scruples
What is the word that matches this definition?
Being able to perceive something, especially something that is not normally perceptible
Palpable