"perhaps," said general zaroff, "you were surprised that i recognized your name. you see, i read all books on hunting published in english, french, and russian. i have but one passion in my life, mr. rainsford, and it is the hunt."
what does this piece of dialogue reveal about zaroff’s character?
he is unimpressed by rainsford.
he is either english, french, or russian.
he is a very well-educated man.
he is an inexperienced hunter.

He is a very well-educated man.

Explanation:

"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell is a short story about the hunting game and the hunter-hunted relationship. The story tells about Rainsford who was an experienced hunter who became the victim in one of the gruesomest game of even his own experience.

Rainsford was stranded in an island owned by General Zaroff who was also a hunter, but of a different species. He hunts human beings as a game, an entertainment, for he no longer views the hunting of animals as exciting enough. The passage in the question is from when Rainsford and the General first met each other. Through his admission of having read all kinds of hunting books in different languages, we can know that General Zaroff is a well- educated man.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.