English Final —> The Most Dangerous Game Test

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Which quote is an example of personification?

The dank tropical night...pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht. (correct)

He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military moustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come.

The sea licked greedy lips in the shadows. (correct)

He strained his eyes in the direction from which the reports had come, but it was like trying to see through a blanket.

Identify a quote that demonstrates simile.

The sea licked greedy lips in the shadows.

He strained his eyes in the direction from which the reports had come, but it was like trying to see through a blanket. (correct)

‘This place has an evil name among seafaring men, sir.’ Then he said to me, very gravely, ‘Don’t you feel anything?’—as if the air about us was actually poisonous. (correct)

He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military moustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come. (correct)

Which quote(s) from The Most Dangerous Game is an example of a metaphor?

The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea dosed over his head. (correct)

Rainsford, crouching there, could not see the general, nor could he see the pit. He lived a year in a minute.

He had not been entirely clearheaded when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him.

Your brain against mine. Your woodcraft against mine. Your strength and stamina against mine. Outdoor chess! (correct)

Which quote(s) from The Most Dangerous Game is an example of a hyperbole?

Rainsford, crouching there, could not see the general, nor could he see the pit. He lived a year in a minute. Signup and view all the answers

Which quote(s) from The Most Dangerous Game is an example of a onomatopoeia?

He had not been entirely clearheaded when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best demonstrates what the jungle and the chateau symbolize?

The jungle symbolizes Zaroff's violent side, while the chateau he lives in symbolizes his civilized side. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best represents the irony of Rainsford's quote: "The world is made up of two classes -the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are the hunters"?

Rainsford, a world renowned hunter, becomes the prey that gets hunted. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following indicates how Zaroff lures people to his island?

He uses a fake lighthouse that causes ships to crash Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best represents the irony of Zaroff's quote: "I have electricity. We try to be civilized here."

Zaroff uses the electricity to lure, hunt, and kill humans, which is not considered civilized. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the setting of the story?

On a remote island, in a chateau, and in a jungle Signup and view all the answers

What plot moment does the following quote suggest: "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided."?

Rainsford kills Zaroff Signup and view all the answers

What description(s) and/or quote(s) are appropriate to Whitney’s character?

Is traveling with Rainsford to hunt jaguars in the Amazon Signup and view all the answers

What description(s) and/or quote(s) are appropriate to Rainsford’s character?

Falls off the yacht and swims to the shores of Ship Trap Island Signup and view all the answers

What description(s) and/or quote(s) are appropriate to Zaroff’s character?

A cossack that has hunted every type of animal there is Signup and view all the answers

What description(s) and/or quote(s) are appropriate to Ivan’s character?

Is described as being "deaf and dumb" and a silent giant Signup and view all the answers

Which quoted description match’s with the Death Swamp from the story?

"His foot sank into the ooze...the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech." Signup and view all the answers

Which quoted description match’s with the Knife Trap in the story?

“With the blade pointing down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling." Signup and view all the answers

Which quoted description match’s with the Malay Mancatcher?

“...the dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one, crashed down and struck the general a glancing blow on the shoulder as it fell.” Signup and view all the answers

Which quoted description match’s with the Burmese Tiger Pit?

"When it was above his shoulders, he climbed out ...These stakes he planted in the bottom... with the points sticking up.” Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of gothic literature as it relates to "The Most Dangerous Game"?

Romance or romantic elements Signup and view all the answers

"The Most Dangerous Game" is considered adventure fiction because...

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Study Notes

Literary Element Matching

Personification: The sea licked greedy lips in the shadows. The dank tropical night pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
Simile: He strained his eyes in the direction from which the reports had come, but it was like trying to see through a blanket. He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military moustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come.

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