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Which statement BEST assesses the relative reliability of the narrator of this selection?

A) The narrator is Rainsford himself and therefore should be considered reliable.

B) The narrator clearly hates Rainsford and therefore should be considered unreliable.

C) The narrator clearly had no investment or interest in how this conflict is resolved.

D) The narrator is not a character in the story and therefore should be considered reliable.

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Which statement BEST assesses the relative reliability of the narrator of this selection?

A) The narrator is Rainsford himself and therefore should be considered reliable.

B) The narrator clearly hates Rainsford and therefore should be considered unreliable.

C) The narrator clearly had no investment or interest in how this conflict is resolved.

D) The narrator is not a character in the story and therefore should be considered reliable.

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Answer: D) The narrator is not a character in the story and therefore should be considered reliable.

Explanation:

"The Most Dangerous Game" is Richard Connell's short story from 1924.

It is about a man called Rainsford who, upon falling off a yacht, ends up on an island where he is hunted by a madman.

The narrator of the story is reliable in that he is not a character in the story. The narration is third person omniscient, which means that the narrator is external to the story and not an active participant in it. Although the story is told from Rainsford's perspective, the narrator uses a pronoun 'he' when describing his experiences.