"The Most Dangerous Game" Name________________

Richard Connell

Pre-reading

1. Where was Richard Connell born?
2. At what age did he get his first writing assignment?
3. From what university did he graduate?
4. In what war did he serve?
5. List two of his novels.
6. What is the theme of "The Most Dangerous Game"?
7. What are the other kinds of conflict in a story?
8. What techniques of characterization are used in "The Most Dangerous Game?"

1. What is ominous about the name of the island?
2. What doesn't Rainsford understand?
3. Where is Rio?
4. What is an afterdeck?
5. What is unusual about the sound that Rainsford hears?
6. Why does Rainsford swim in the direction of the shots?
7. Where is the Caribbean Sea?
8. What sign does Rainsford find? Why is the glad to see this sign?
9. What is a Cossack?
10. For what is Rainsford known?
11. What about General Zaroff makes Rainsford uncomfortable?
12. What is borsch?
13. Where is the Crimea?
14. What happened in 1917 in Russia?
15. What animal does Zaroff hunt?
16. What indication does General Zaroff give of his civilization?
17. What justification does General Zaroff give for his hobby?
18. What is the real reason why Rainsford feels ill?
19. Why can't Rainsford sleep?
20. What are crepe suzettes?
21. Whom does Zaroff propose to hunt?
22. What does au revior mean?
23. What is Rainsford's plan?
24. How does Rainsford plan to outwit General Zaroff?
25. Why does Zaroff blow the smoke ring? What does he want to communicate?

     

     

26. Torch is British for __________________.
27. What happens to Ivan?
28. What is Madame Butterfly?
29. What two things bother General Zaroff?
30. What facts in the story show that the island is appropriately named?

Draw and label a plot diagram. (We will do this together in class)