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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. Where is the village that Rip lives in?
(a) At the foot of the Catskill Mountains.
(b) On the island of Manhattan.
(c) At the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.
(d) On the Atlantic coast.
2. Why does Rip hurry over to the man he sees on the mountainside?
(a) The man calls to him that he needs some help.
(b) He thinks it is a neighbor who needs his help.
(c) Wolf's reaction makes him curious to get a closer look.
(d) The man seems to be about to drop his burden.
3. Rip is surprised by the "singularity" of the stranger's appearance (36). What kind of appearance is this?
(a) Funny.
(b) Neat.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Unique.
4. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
(a) Geoffrey Crayon.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Washington Irving.
5. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?
(a) Equipment for camping in the mountains.
(b) An antique gun and the carcass of a deer.
(c) A bowling ball and pins.
(d) A keg of alcohol.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
2. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
3. 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?
4. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
5. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?
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