Most Dangerous Game Questions – Flashcards
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1) How did Rainsford end up on Ship-Trap Island? What is the meaning of the island's name?
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Rainsford ended up on the island because he fell offof his yacht. the meaning of the island's name is that the lights on the water indicating a channel trick people making them crash their ship.
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2) Why had General Zaroff become bored with hunting, and what did he do to solve the problem?
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It was feeling too easy for him. he fixed the problem by hunting people instead, for more of a challenge.
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3) Summarize the "rules" of General Zaroff's game.
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Zaroff's rules to his game are if you refuse to play, you will instead get tortured by Ivan. if you don't refuse you get a supply of food and a knife. You get three days, if Zaroff finds you, and kills you, you loose. If he doesn't find you in those three days, then you win.
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4) Describe three tricks that Rainsford used while being hunted.
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1) Giving General Zaroff a path to follow.
2) Making a tree trap for general
3) Leaving another trap which was a hidden pit with spears inside.
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5) How did Rainsford win the game, and what happened to Zaroff at the end of the story?
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Rainsford swam when he fell of the cliff, and he then killed General Zaroff.
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8) Game can mean both "contest" and "an animal to be hunted." Use each definition to explain two possible meanings of the title.
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Game can mean contest because it can be hunting to try and win, both people in the "game" want to win. Game can also mean animal to be hunted because it can be considered as the animal being the game because it is what hunters try to get and what makes the game fun.
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13) Evaluate Rainsford's final act. Do you think he did the right thing? What might you have done in his situation?
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Rainsford killed the General at the end of the story. No I do not think he did the right thing by killing him because it might have been better to make him see how it fells to go through what he put people through, and maybe put him in jail to make him suffer like the people he imprisoned.
