Question

Read this sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game" and answer the question. His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows. What can be best inferred by the narrator’s description of the in the passage above?

1. The chateau is situated in a remote area.
2. The sea had claimed the lives of countless sailors.
3. The chateau belonged to a rich general.
4.The chateau was haunted.

Answer 1

The best answer seems to be the first one: The chateau is situated in a remote area.

According to the description, the chateau is located in an area difficult to access. It's at the top of a bluff - bluff is a steep cliff or bank by the sea or a river - and three sides of the bluff sound impenetrable, the walls reaching the sea in an abrupt descent.

Even though the chateau is described as palatial, and probably belongs or used to belong to a rich person, from this description alone it cannot be inferred that it was a general who owned it.