The+Most+Dangerous+Game

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QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 When he said "He lived a year in a minute" thats what it felt like when he couldn't see anything and he knew the General was coming but he couldn't see him, i't was the longest minute of his life

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 If Rainsford wins the hunt Zaroff promises him that he will drop him of at a town on the mainland.

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 General Zaroff stocks his island with game by lureing boats with his lighthouse into the rocks on the beach. Then he captures them and hunts them later on after he gives them time to train.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 We know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because he swam from his boat all the way to shore and he was running through the forrest for hours.

15. Discuss the state of mind of Rainsford before he lands on the island versus that after he meets the General. What is different? (Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.)/5

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3