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

2. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Bear.
(d) Dog.

3. Rip is surprised by the "singularity" of the stranger's appearance (36). What kind of appearance is this?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Neat.
(c) Unique.
(d) Funny.

4. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?
(a) They look like many copies of the same person.
(b) They look like Dutchmen from long ago.
(c) They look like European royalty.
(d) They are standing unnaturally still.

5. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?
(a) Their voices are flat and they seem unhappy.
(b) Their faces look blank and they seem rude.
(c) They are dressed like children even though they are old.
(d) Their clothing is sloppy and dull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?

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

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

5. 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?

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