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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. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?
(a) A long, muddy slope.
(b) The dry bed of a stream.
(c) A rocky cliff.
(d) A pathway left by loggers.

2. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
(a) Maudlin.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Farcical.
(d) Ironic.

3. What type of clothing is the stranger on the mountainside wearing?
(a) He is dressed like a Dutchman from long ago.
(b) He is dressed like an innkeeper.
(c) He is dressed like a British soldier.
(d) He is dressed like a pirate captain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?

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

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?

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?

5. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?

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