Question

In "The Most Dangerous Game," how did Zaroff respond to Rainsford's traps?

Answer 1

He found them amusing. 300 yards away from the tree he stops to rest at, he builds his second trap, a Malay mancatcher, made from a dead tree balanced precariously on a cut living one. The trigger was a bough that General Zaroff tripped over. When activated, the dead tree fell and delivered a glancing blow to General Zaroff's shoulder. If it wasn't for his alertness, the general would have been killed.

The second trap was a Burmese tiger pit, a hole dug into the Death Swamp that was filled with sharp carved stakes and covered by woven grasses. General Zaroff lost one of his best dogs to it.

The third trap is a native trick, in which a hunting knife is tied to a springy bow and tied back by a wild grapevine. When released, this trap killed Ivan, General Zaroff's most faithful sidekick.

The last "trap" is not a physical one but a mental one. Rainsford fooled Zaroff into thinking that he had committed suicide, but in reality has swam back to the castle.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

He set up a dead tree limb against a real one and set a trigger. When General Zaroff hit the trigger the limb fell on his shoulder, as he tried to jump out of the way.

Rainsford also made a 'tiger pit' trap in the quicksand that killed one of the generals hunting dogs.

Rainsford killed Ivan by pulling back a sapling and attaching a knife, the tree recoiled and struck Ivan.

Rainsford jumped into the sea and swam back to the general's house, where he hid until the general came back. He then confronted him.