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PEOPLE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
VOCABULARY
NAMES
MISCELLANEOUS
100
Who is the protagonist in the story?
Rainsford
100
black as night
simile
100
the object of a chase or game
quarry
100
What is the name of the island?
Ship Trap
100
What is the point of view of the story?
third person omniscient
200
Who is the antagonist in the story?
General Zaroff
200
fishy blue eyes
metaphor
200
things that make life pleasant and agreeable
amenities
200
What is the name of the sea?
Caribbean
200
What was the initial action of the story?
When the main character fell off and swam to shore.
300
Who is deaf and dumb?
Ivan
300
jagged jungle
alliteration
300
fiasco; violent disruption
debacle
300
What was the name of the first trap?
Malay mancatcher
300
What do you call the group of adventurers from the Soviet Union?
Cossacks
400
Who is the person on the ship with the prtagonist when the story begins?
Whitney
400
blood warm waters
personification
400
weariness; boredom
ennui
400
What was the name of the second trap?
Burmese Tiger pit
400
Where is the main character (Rainsford) from?
New York City
500
Who is the author of the story?
Richard Edward Connell
500
puritanical ancestors
allusion
500
person with a bad temper
tartar
500
What was the name of the third trap?
Uganda Knife Trick
500
What college did the author graduate from?
What is Harvard?