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Analysis quiz for the short story by Richard Connell

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1
Which detail is essential to the reader's understanding of General Zaroff's character?
His cultivated voice
his uniform and long, black beard
his pointed teeth
he is a Cossack, a race known as savage
2
Which literary devices?: "An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake,..."
alliteration & epithet
simile & personification
anaphora & deus ex machina
hyperbole & metaphor
3
How does Rainsford advance the plot?
He asks the general to release his prisoners
He stays the night at the chateau
He admires Zaroff's collection of heads
He states that he would like to leave the island
4
Which two ideas are contrasted that help to create suspense?
the light of the chateau and the darkness outside
the general's sophistication and his appraisal of Rainsford
Zaroff's hair is both white and black
the tailoring of the general's clothes and the architecture
5
How does General Zaroff's character help to advance the plot?
He asks Rainsford to hunt with him
He hands Rainsford over to Ivan
He wrecks Rainsford's yacht
He imprisons Rainsford is the cellar