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QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 he was thinking so much that he had wasted so much time

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 I am still at large, no i am the cat and your the mouse in my trap

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 Caribbean

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 his father was rich and when he died he gave him all of his money

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 that he can sleep in his bed and get eaten by his dogs

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 he gets sucked in by quick sand and suffocates

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 in the jungle setting the traps

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 hundreds of acres

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 they are better for hunting they are strong

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 he lives there he is a great hunter great thinker

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 he puts prey on his island and animals come

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 he gets eaten by his own dogs

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 he runs through the forest with out stopping

15. Discuss the state of mind of Rainsford before he lands on the island versus that after he meets the General. What is different? (Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.)/5

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3

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