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The Most Dangerous Game
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What is the name of the island in "The Most Dangerous Game?"
Ship-Trap Island
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Why did Zaroff stop hunting non-human animals?
He was bored.
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When an element of a story hints at future events, this is known as ___________________________.
Foreshadowing
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What is the genre of "The Most Dangerous Game"?

 fiction 


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Does Rainsford win in the end? How do we know?

Yes, he does win. We know because, after his standoff with Zaroff, he is the one sleeping in the bed, which means Zaroff went out the window to the dogs below.

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The beginning of "The Most Dangerous Game" has a mood of dread. What is a synonym of "dread"?
Fear
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Which war did Rainsford fight in?
World War 1
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When a character has a vivid recollection of an event from the past

Flashback

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"Rainsford heard a sound. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror. He did not recognize the animal that made the sound; he did not try to; with fresh vitality he swam toward the sound. He heard it again; then it was cut short by another noise, crisp, staccato."   What type of literary device is this?

foreshadowing

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What does the word "quarry" mean? (Eg. The hunter flushed his quarry.)
Prey, something being hunted
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What is the main attribute that Zaroff wants the animals he hunts to have?
Reason
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Zaroff claims that Rainsford’s ideas about the value of human life are “mid-Victorian.” What does he mean?
They are old-fashioned.
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The reference to and use of the color black throughout the story is a type of what?

Imagery 

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When does Rainsford first realizes he is going to be the prey? 

Zaroff tells him to join the hunt or become Ivan’s sport

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Rainsford says the world is comprised of what two types of creatures? BONUS: Zaroff says the world is comprised of what two types of people.
Hunters and huntees. Strong and weak.
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Name three antagonists in "The Most Dangerous Game."
Zaroff, the island, Ivan, dogs, Rainsford's capacity for evil
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Which attributes of Zaroff's physical appearance foreshadow that that he is a dangerous predator? Name at least two.
Black and bright eyes, red lips, pointed teeth
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Rainsford, crouching there, could not see the general, nor could he see the pit.  He lived a year in a minute.

What type of figurative language?


Hyperbole

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How does Zaroff justify his hunting of human beings?

Only the strong deserve to survive
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When does "The Most Dangerous Game" take place?  (1900's, 1910's, 1920's, etc..)

The 1920's

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How does Zaroff rationalize his "sport" of hunting humans instead of animals? 

There are the 'weak" and there are the "strong" and the strong have the right to use the weak for their pleasure.

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What is the type of conflict Rainsford experiences as he tries to remain calm?

Character vs. Self

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What figurative language is The wind tore through the town like a piece of paper?"

Personification

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What choices did Zaroff give his human prey?

To be hunted or to face Ivan

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Name two ways in which the story is ironic

Rainsford, a cold-hearted hunter of animals, becomes the hunted. Zaroff values his dogs (animals) more than human life.