Rip Van Winkle Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Rip Van Winkle Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
(a) He overeats.
(b) He is unaware of what he is eating.
(c) He only likes two kinds of bread.
(d) He is easy to please.

2. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His friends decide that he is too lazy to be friends with.
(b) His wife tells him he cannot spend time with them anymore.
(c) His wife yells at them constantly.
(d) His friends move away to a bigger town.

3. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?
(a) Even though they are playing a game, they seem unhappy.
(b) They seem to be completely unable to see him, even though he is standing very close to them.
(c) Although no one speaks, they keep nodding and laughing.
(d) They seem to be expecting him, because there is an open spot left for him.

4. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?
(a) He hears someone calling his name.
(b) He hears someone struggling with a heavy load.
(c) He hears someone singing.
(d) He hears his dog barking at someone.

5. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?
(a) There is a children's rope-skipping rhyme about him.
(b) There is a street in New York named after him.
(c) His portrait is hung in many local schools.
(d) His picture is stamped onto new year's cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?

2. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?

3. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?

4. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?

5. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?

(see the answer key)

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