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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 prominent Dutch colonists.
(c) The wives of political officials.
(d) The wives of local indigenous leaders.

2. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
(a) They are dangerously unsupervised.
(b) They are somewhat neglected.
(c) They are much more like their mother than like Rip.
(d) They refuse to speak to him.

3. On page 28, the reader is told that the narrator of the main story is known for "scrupulous" accuracy. What kind of accuracy is this?
(a) Thorough and honest.
(b) Reckless and indifferent.
(c) Approximate and imperfect.
(d) Demanding and critical.

4. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Personification.

5. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?
(a) Geoffrey Crayon.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Washington Irving.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?

2. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?

3. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?

4. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?

5. Where is the village that Rip lives in?

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