Rip Van Winkle Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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Rip Van Winkle Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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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. Who is the frame narrator of "Rip Van Winkle"?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Geoffrey Crayon.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Washington Irving.

2. Who else has allegedly seen the ghostly crew of bowlers in the Catskills?
(a) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(b) Geoffrey Crayon.
(c) Rip Van Winkle's son.
(d) Vanderdonk's father.

3. Rip sees a "bilious" looking man in front of the Union Hotel (37). What does the man look like?
(a) As if he has a fatal disease.
(b) Nauseous and bad-tempered.
(c) Cheery and possibly drunk.
(d) As if he has a delicious secret.

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

5. In the Postscript, the narrator mentions someone being "propitiated" (42). What does this mean?
(a) She was tired.
(b) She was angry.
(c) She was pleased.
(d) She was amused.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. What makes Rip feel like he has more liberty than he had as a younger man?

4. What does Rip think has changed about the people of the village?

5. Who does Judith Gardenier turn out to be?

(see the answer key)

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