E201
Nagel/Dismeier
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“The Most Dangerous Game” Study Guide
Essential Questions:
1. How do people learn values? From whom or what do people learn values?
2. How do values shape the life of an individual and the choices that individual makes?
3. How can a person’s values change based on life experiences?
Characters: Give a description of each character.
(Major)
Rainsford-
General Zaroff-
(Minor)
WhitneyIvan-
Setting
Important Literary Elements:
Setting: –
Mood: –
Foreshadowing:
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Vocab to Know
Word
Definition
Superstition (p. 6)
Receding (p. 7)
Anguish (p. 7)
Affable (p. 10)
Bewilderment (p. 12)
Futile (p. 18)
Answer the following questions as you read:
Pages 5-8
1. Write down three words that would describe the mood of the story:
2. How do Ransford and Whitney’s thoughts on “animal emotions” differ?
3. What happens to Rainsford after he hears the three shots on the boat?
4. What does Rainsford find when he first wakes up on the island?
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Pages 9-12
5. List three physical descriptions of General Zaroff
6. Ivan, being a Cossak, is famous for what?
7. What one trait of Zaroff’s makes Rainsford feel uncomfortable?
8.
A. How does Zaroff feel about being a hunter? Does he believe he’s a good hunter?
B. Write down a line from the story that supports your answer above.
Pages 13-18
9. How does Rainsford react when he realizes what Zaroff is hunting?
10. Now, explain why the island is called “Ship-Trap Island”?
11. When a man is captured for “the game,” what are his two options?
12. What is the job of the dogs that Zaroff owns?
13. A. Who is Lazarus?
B. Why are Zaroff’s emotions toward Lazarus odd?
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Pages 19-22
14. Why does Zaroff walk away from the tree that Rainsford is hiding in after he apparently sees
Rainsford?
15. How does Rainsford first wound Zaroff?
16. How does Rainsford try to defeat Zaroff a second time?
17. What happens to each of these characters at the end of the story?
A. Ivan
B. Rainsford
C. Zaroff
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