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Modernism Literature
Brenham Eng III Modernism Lit Test
Question | Answer |
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The name of the island Zaroff lives on is | Ship Trap |
The Most Dangerous Game is set in the | Caribbean |
Rainsford goes onto the deck to | smoke a pipe |
Rainsford is startled on the deck by | the sound an animal roaring |
Ennui is another word for | boredom |
At the beginning of the story, Rainsford and Whitney are | on a boat near Ship-Trap Island |
After swimming ashore, Rainsford ends up on | a rocky shore just outside a jungle |
General Zaroff and Rainsford both love to | hunt |
General Zaroff is no longer interested in hunting because | it has become to easy for him |
According to General Zaroff, the ideal animal is a | man |
When Rainsford learns that Zaroff hunts men, he | thinks it is a joke and it mortified |
On the first day of the hunt, Zaroff leaves Rainsford to | prolong the hunt |
Rainsford finally escapes by | jumping into the sea |
In the final scene of "The Most Dangerous Game" | Zaroff dies |
The protagonist in "The Most Dangerous Game" is | Rainsford |
The main antagonist in "The Most Dangerous Game" is | Zaroff |
Describing the night as being like moist velvet is an example of a | simile |
No one could hear Rainsford after he fell off of the boat into the water because | everyone was asleep |
Rainsford falls into the water because he | tries to catch his pipe |
After falling in the ocean, Rainsford reveals that he has | strength and a will to survive |
Tangible means | to be able to touch |
An amenity is another word for | comfort |
To condone means to | overlook |
Solicitously means | concerned |
Uncanny means | remarkable |
No Promises in the Wind is set in | Chicago in the 1930s |
Howie and Josh both share a love for | music |
The railroad bulls | club men off of the trains who are trying to get a free ride |
Josh had to dig through garbage cans when | he and Joey were hungry |
At the ramshackle farmhouse the boys found a | rooster |
The group of boys | beat up Josh, took their potatoes and extra clothes |
Docile means | easy to control |
Brusque means | abrupt |
A speakeasy is a | bar that serves alcohol |
Absurdity means | being ridiculous |