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The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
When the general, nursing his bruised shoulder, had gone, Rainsford took up his flight again. It was flight now, a desperate, hopeless flight, that carried him on for some hours. Dusk came, then darkness, and still he pressed on. The ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser; insects bit him savagely. Then, as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back, but the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. With a violent effort, he tore his foot loose. He knew where he was now. Death Swamp and its quicksand.
What is the setting of this passage?
Responses
A dusk at a hospitaldusk at a hospital
B evening in a jungleevening in a jungle
C dawn in the mountainsdawn in the mountains
D midnight at an airport
The setting of this passage is B) evening in a jungle.
B) evening in a jungle
To determine the setting of this passage, we can look for clues from the text. The passage mentions that it was dusk, then darkness, and that the ground grew softer under the character's moccasins. Additionally, it mentions that the vegetation grew ranker and denser, and that the character encountered insects biting him savagely. Finally, the character's foot sank into the ooze and got stuck in quicksand.
Based on these details, we can infer that the setting of this passage is an evening in a jungle. The correct answer is B) evening in a jungle.