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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. On page 35, Rip is "tempted to repeat the draught." How is the word "draught" pronounced?
(a) Rhymes with "out."
(b) Rhymes with "hot."
(c) Rhymes with "loft."
(d) Rhymes with "raft."
2. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?
(a) He can suddenly hear them talking.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He gets lost in the woods.
(d) They chase him away.
3. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?
(a) Play a game with them.
(b) Let them paint his picture.
(c) Leave.
(d) Serve them alcohol.
4. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?
(a) He feels unusually sore and tired.
(b) His gun and dog are missing.
(c) He cannot remember the night before.
(d) His wife is going to be very angry.
5. When Rip nears the amphitheater where the group of men were on the night before, what does he notice?
(a) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.
(b) There is no longer an opening through the rock to reach the amphitheater.
(c) The men are gone, but there are tall rocks there that look like men.
(d) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.
Short Answer Questions
1. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?
2. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?
3. On his way home from the mountains, what does Rip suddenly realize about his own appearance?
4. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?
5. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the man in the mountains want Rip's help with, and how does he communicate this?
2. When Rip wakes up in the mountains, what changes does he immediately notice?
3. As Rip tries to retrace his steps from the night before, what changes does he find on the mountainside itself?
4. When Rip reenters the village, what changes does he notice before he gets to his house?
5. What noise does Rip hear as he and the stranger make their way up the mountain, and what does the noise later turn out to be?
6. What is Wolf's reaction to the stranger in the mountains, and how does it ironically relate to what happens upon Rip's return to the village?
7. What do the men in the amphitheater remind Rip of, and what is this meant to signify?
8. What two things does Rip find the most unusual about the men in the amphitheater?
9. What two things does Rip at first find odd about the stranger in the mountains?
10. Explain what the natural "amphitheater" is and how Rip and the stranger reach it.
This section contains 999 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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