Practice test literature on The Most Dangerous Game

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

What do you remember about the story?

What is the theme of this story according to you? Explain your answer using an example from the story.

What is the point of view of this story? Explain your answer.

Is this point of view limited or omniscient? Explain your answer.

Write down the two most important aspects of the setting of this
story.

Describe Sanger Rainsford, using 2 character traits. Explain these.

What is the climax of this story? Explain why!

1. Rainsford jumping of a cliff
2. Rainsford hiding in Zaroff's bedroom and confronting him
3. Rainsford goes to sleep
4. Zaroff being eaten by the hounds

How does Rainsford end up on the island?

How did General Zaroff stock his island with ‘game’?

What does General Zaroff look like? Give two examples of his physical
appearance.

How did Sanger Rainsford fake his suicide?

Why did General Zaroff complement Rainsford?

Give a summary of this short story using Freytag’s Pyramid.
Describe every stage.