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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. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?
(a) The Christian God.
(b) The Saxon god, Woden.
(c) The Celtic god, Alator.
(d) The Norse god, Odin.

2. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?
(a) He feels unusually sore and tired.
(b) He cannot remember the night before.
(c) His gun and dog are missing.
(d) His wife is going to be very angry.

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

4. On page 35, Rip is "tempted to repeat the draught." How is the word "draught" pronounced?
(a) Rhymes with "hot."
(b) Rhymes with "out."
(c) Rhymes with "raft."
(d) Rhymes with "loft."

5. What is Rip's son's name?
(a) Peter.
(b) John.
(c) Rip.
(d) Dutch.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?

2. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?

3. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?

4. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?

5. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?

(see the answer key)

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