The Most Dangerous Game

Question 1

Protagonist

Answer 1

The main character of a literary work

Question 2

Antagonist

Answer 2

The character or force that is in conflict with the protagonist

Question 3

Plot

Answer 3

They series of events related to a central conflict or story

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

The struggle between two forces in a literary work

Question 5

Characterization

Answer 5

The act of creating or describing a character

Question 6

Suspense

Answer 6

A feeling of expectation, anxiousness, or curiosity created by questions raised in the mind of the reader or viewer’s

Question 7

Figurative language

Answer 7

Is writing or speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally

Question 8

Metaphor

Answer 8

Is comparison in which one thing is spoken of or written about as if it were another

Question 9

Simile

Answer 9

Is a comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the words like or as

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

An overstatement or an exaggeration

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

A figure of speech in which an animal, I think, or a force of nature is giving human characteristics

Question 12

Allusion

Answer 12

A reference to a well – known person, event, object, or work from history or literature

Question 13

Symbolism

Answer 13

Anything that stands for or represents both itself and something else

Question 14

Able to be touched or felt

Answer 14

Palpable

Question 15

Having substance or reality; capable of being touched

Answer 15

Tangible

Question 16

Friendly or harmless

Answer 16

Disarming

Question 17

Something that makes life easier or more pleasant

Answer 17

Amenity

Question 18

Skilled in breaking a whole into its parts and examining their relationships

Answer 18

Analytical

Question 19

Forgive or overlook an offense

Answer 19

Condone

Question 20

Cruel; uncultured

Answer 20

Barbarous

Question 21

Showing concern

Answer 21

Solicitously

Question 22

To give life to; to move to action

Answer 22

Animate

Question 23

Having no result or affect

Answer 23

Fertile

Question 24

Describe the mood of the story

Answer 24

The mood was suspenseful, creepy, Erie, dark, and scary

Question 25

What is meant by “he lived a year in a minute”?

Answer 25

It seemed like a long time fit in the small space of time

Question 26

What is meant by “ I am still a beast at bay”

Answer 26

He is comparing himself to base/creature that is sitting and waiting for his prey

Question 27

In which sea has Connell set Ship Trap Island

Answer 27

The Caribbean Sea

Question 28

If Rainsford when is the hunt what does Zaroff promise him

Answer 28

Zaroff will let him live and take him back to the mainland

Question 29

Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt

Answer 29

Hey spans the first night of the hunt and A Tree

Question 30

How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”

Answer 30

He uses survivors from the ship wrecks or he will buy people

Question 31

What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story

Answer 31

It is not stated directly, But we infer that Rainsford killed him

Question 32

What purpose does Whitney serve in the story

Answer 32

He is a secondary character that introduces foreshadowing of what is to come later in the story

Question 33

What is the name of the island? Why is it significant

Answer 33

Ship – trap island. The name is significant because it foreshadows the evil that takes place on it

Question 34

What effect does the “game “seem to have had on Rainsford

Answer 34

The “game “slightly change is his way of thinking and results in his killing of GZ

Question 35

Discuss Rainsford’s escape from the jungle and Zaroff by jumping into the water

Answer 35

The jungle represents chaos and loss of control. To survive, Rainsford needed to escape the jungle and was able to do that by jumping into the ocean