The most dangerous game zaroff explains the rules of the game to rainsford while dressed “faultlessly in the tweeds of a country squire,” eating french food and drinking fine wine. the author uses this contrast a. to portray the general as superior to his prey. b. to tell the reader that rainsford has reason to envy zaroff. c. to create a dark and foreboding mood. d. to illustrate the theme that although humans are civilized, their violent urges still exist.