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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) He is eager to work at anything that will help himself, but he does not like to help others.
(b) He hates working hard for his own material comfort and financial security.
(c) He is simply lazy.
(d) He is physically unable to do heavy labor.

2. How might Rip's house be described?
(a) Filthy.
(b) Inviting.
(c) Run-down.
(d) Expensive.

3. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Washington Irving.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Geoffrey Crayon.

4. What type of clothing is the stranger on the mountainside wearing?
(a) He is dressed like an innkeeper.
(b) He is dressed like a British soldier.
(c) He is dressed like a Dutchman from long ago.
(d) He is dressed like a pirate captain.

5. When Rip nears the amphitheater where the group of men were on the night before, what does he notice?
(a) The men are gone, but there are tall rocks there that look like men.
(b) There is no longer an opening through the rock to reach the amphitheater.
(c) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.
(d) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?

2. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

3. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

4. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?

5. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?

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