“The Most Dangerous Game”



“The Most Dangerous Game”

STUDY GUIDE

Define and be able to provide an example of the following vocabulary terms:

• Protruding

• Impulse

• Invariably

• Unruffled

• Diverting

• Imprudent

• Prolonged

• Receding

• Disarming

• Surmounted

• Prefixes: re-, mis-, un-, inter-, pre-

Define and be able to provide an example of the following literary terms:

• Plot

• Sequence

• Exposition

• Conflict (Internal and External)

• Climax

• Resolution

• Flashback

• Flash-forward

• Foreshadowing

• Setting

• Atmosphere

• Suspense

Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice/True False):

1) Explain how Zaroff has earned the name “Ship Trap” for his island.

2) How does Rainsford describe hunting? Does he show any concern for the animals he hunts?

3) Why does Sanger Rainsford go to Ship-Trap Island? What does he hear on the Island before he gets there?

4) Describe the setting of the mansion and how it creates suspense.

5) Who is the first person Rainsford meets at the mansion?

6) What does Rainsford think is the most dangerous of all big game?

7) What is Zaroff’s new animal and why does he prefer to start hunting this instead of other animals?

8) Summarize what Zaroff tells Rainsford about his life.

9) What does Zaroff hunt? How does this relate to the double meaning in the title of the story?

10) What would happen to a man if he chose not to participate in Zaroff’s game?

11) What are the items supplied to a player of the game?

12) How long does Zaroff’s game usually last? Has he ever lost a game?

13) Is Zaroff’s “game” fair? Explain your answer.

14) Why does General Zaroff smile and turn away from the tree where Rainsford is hiding?

15) Which target does Rainsford’s sapling trick hit?

16) Which character does Rainsford’s Burmese Tiger pit claim?

17) What kind of success does Rainsford’s dead tree trap have on Zaroff?

18) Analyze the following passage and explain why humans are “the most dangerous game.”

“Rainsford knew he could do one of two things. He could stay where he was and wait. That was suicide. He could flee. That was postponing the inevitable. For a moment he stood there, thinking. An idea that held a wild chance came to him, and, tightening his belt, he headed away from the swamp.”

19) What two annoyances kept Zaroff from enjoying his dinner?

20) At the end of the story, how have Rainsford’s feelings about animals changed?

21) Summarize what happens to Rainsford and Zaroff at the end of the story – who wins the game and why?

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