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Mystery and Suspense — Test

Question 17 • English Language Arts 9

Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game." Laughter shook the general. "How extraordinarily droll you are!" he said. "One does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in America, with such a naive, and, if I may say so, mid-Victorian point of view. It's like finding a snuff-box in a limousine. Ah, well, doubtless you had Puritan ancestors. So many Americans appear to have had. I'll wager you'll forget your notions when you go hunting with me. You've a genuine new thrill in store for you, Mr. Rainsford." "Thank you, I'm a hunter, not a murderer." "Dear me," said the general, quite unruffled, "again that unpleasant word. But I think I can show you that your scruples are quite ill founded." Which detail best reveals that Rainsford opposes Zaroff’s idea of the ideal prey?

Answer
A
"How extraordinarily droll you are!" he said.
B
“You've a genuine new thrill in store for you, Mr. Rainsford.”
C
"Thank you, I'm a hunter, not a murderer."
D
“But I think I can show you that your scruples are quite ill founded.”

Explanation

Rainsford directly rejects Zaroff’s idea of hunting people by saying, “I’m a hunter, not a murderer.” This shows he does not accept humans as prey. The other choices are spoken by Zaroff and reveal his own views or his response to Rainsford.

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