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

2. On page 29, the setting sun causes something to light up and glow "like a crown of glory." This is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Alliteration.

3. Where does Rip go to live after he returns to the village?
(a) At his daughter's house.
(b) At the Union Hotel.
(c) At his former home.
(d) At his son's house.

4. What is the purpose of the stories in the Postscript?
(a) To create comic effect.
(b) To tell what happened to Rip's family in future generations.
(c) To explain the magical nature of the Catskills.
(d) To surprise the reader with an unexpected twist in the plot.

5. What does Rip do with most of his time in his elder years?
(a) Becomes very active in local politics.
(b) Helps his daughter run her farm.
(c) Sits in front of the Union Hotel retelling his story.
(d) Becomes an author of tales about the Catskills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?

2. What is the "bilious" man in front of the Union Hotel doing?

3. Rip thinks that the people of the village have become "disputatious" (37). What does this mean they are likely to do?

4. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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