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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Page 37-Postscript.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?
(a) The man he arrived with pours him a cup.
(b) He mistakes it for water.
(c) He sneaks it when they are not looking.
(d) The men gather around him and force him to drink.
2. When Rip wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?
(a) He thinks that the strange men have stolen it.
(b) He thinks that he must have left it in the amphitheater.
(c) He thinks that he might have dropped it in the woods.
(d) He thinks that the strange men are playing some kind of joke.
3. What is the "bilious" man in front of the Union Hotel doing?
(a) Checking people for weapons.
(b) Giving a speech and passing out flyers.
(c) Sitting on the bench and telling stories.
(d) Looking for Rip.
4. What makes Rip feel like he has more liberty than he had as a younger man?
(a) The things that he learned while in the mountains.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The new respect he gains among the villagers.
(d) His freedom from Dame Van Winkle.
5. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Washington Irving.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Geoffrey Crayon.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?
2. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
3. What has happened to Dame Van Winkle during Rip's absence?
4. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?
5. Everything that happens to Rip on the morning after he meets the strangers on the mountain makes him feel "perplexities" (36). What does this mean that is Rip feeling?
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