10. "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided." This is the last line of the passage.
How does this final paragraph help establish the story's theme?
a. It helps us understand the idea that hunting is such an addicting sport that only by
killing another creature can a hunter be fully satisfied.
b. It helps us understand the idea that we are all animals, and in order to survive, we
must behave like beasts.
c. It helps us understand the idea that all Cossacks, such as General Zaroff and Ivan,
are ruthless and vicious people whose only concern is to find pleasure in hunting and
killing other creatures.
d. It helps us understand the idea that each person makes the choice to be either good
or evil because, of all the animals in nature, humans are the only ones we should truly
fear.