View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 28-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
(a) The seashore.
(b) The river.
(c) The woods.
(d) The barn.

2. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?
(a) Been puzzled by it.
(b) Explained its details.
(c) Complained about it.
(d) Seen it.

3. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) The village schoolmaster.
(b) Rip's neighbor.
(c) A former governor of New York.
(d) The owner of the village inn.

4. In the frame narrative, the reader is told that the main story's narrator gets his information from the wives of the "burghers" (28). Whose wives are these?
(a) The wives of country farmers.
(b) The wives of local indigenous leaders.
(c) The wives of political officials.
(d) The wives of prominent Dutch colonists.

5. On page 30, the reader is told that Rip has an "insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour." What does this mean is true about him?
(a) He hates working hard for his own material comfort and financial security.
(b) He is simply lazy.
(c) He is physically unable to do heavy labor.
(d) He is eager to work at anything that will help himself, but he does not like to help others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

2. Who is the frame narrator of "Rip Van Winkle"?

3. How might Rip's house be described?

4. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?

5. What is Rip's son's name?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 301 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample