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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. When, on page 37, Rip meets "a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat," what is the reader meant to infer from the description of the hat?
(a) The man has something to do with the revolution.
(b) The man is from one of the old Dutch families.
(c) The man is one of the political candidates up for election.
(d) The man is another supernatural figure.

2. What is the name of the ghostly explorer that Vanderdonk says haunts the Catskills?
(a) Jonathan Doolittle.
(b) Van Brummel.
(c) Hendrick Hudson.
(d) Nicholaus Vedder.

3. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?
(a) A flat spot.
(b) A fallen tree.
(c) A rounded depression.
(d) A small hill.

4. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?
(a) Back at the spot where he met the first man coming up the mountain.
(b) In the natural "amphitheater."
(c) Next to the Hudson River.
(d) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.

5. How does the crowd react when Rip declares his loyalty to King George?
(a) They laugh and point at Rip.
(b) They are upset and suspicious of Rip.
(c) They are puzzled and concerned for Rip.
(d) They fall silent and watch Rip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?

2. When Rip starts up the mountainside and finds his joints stiff and notices that he is not feeling as athletic as usual, what does he think is the cause?

3. In the Postscript, the narrator mentions someone being "propitiated" (42). What does this mean?

4. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?

5. What has happened to Dame Van Winkle during Rip's absence?

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