Plot 1
Who accidentally falls overboard and swims to the island?
Rainsford
Who swims to the chateau?
Rainsford
What word means entertaining?
diverting
What word means sticking out?
protruding
What figurative language is this passage from the story: ". . .but even you can't see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night."?
allusion
Who feels that hunting men is more of a challenge than hunting beasts?
Zaroff
What is an example of foreshadowing from the first page of this story?
Whitney's tales of Ship-Trap Island.
What word means sudden desire to do something?
impulse
What word means overcame?
surmounted
What figurative language is this passage from the story: "There was a medieval magnificence about it;"?
alliteration or allusion
What do these characters have in common: Zaroff, Ivan, and one of Zaroff's dogs.
They are all dead by the end of the story.
How does General Zaroff come to his island?
He bought it in order to build a chateau on it.
What word means extended?
prolonged
What word means calm or not disturbed?
unruffled
What figurative language is this passage from the story: "God makes some men poets. Some He makes kings, some beggars. Me He made a hunter."?
parallelism or allusion
How does Zaroff justify his hunting of human beings?
He says only the strong deserve to survive.
What do Rainsford and General Zaroff have in common?
They are expert hunters.
What word means removing or lessening suspicions or fears?
disarming
invariably
What figurative language is the following passage from the story: "The general's left eyelid fluttered down in a wink."?
metaphor or personification
What does Rainsford realize when Zaroff tells him to join the hunt or become Ivan's sport?
He is going to be the prey.
When Zaroff says that he is a Cossack, what is he admitting?
He is aware of his own viciousness.
What word means becoming more distant?
receding
What word means unwise?
imprudent
What figurative language is this passage from the story: "Your brain against mine."?
metaphor