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

2. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Writer of novels.
(b) Governor.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Historian.

3. 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) Understatement.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

4. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Absentmindedly.
(c) Cheerfully.
(d) Lazily.

5. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?
(a) Holland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Rip to finally start for home after he realizes that he will not be able to find the strange men again?

2. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

3. Everything that happens to Rip on the morning after he meets the strangers on the mountain makes him feel "perplexities" (36). What does this mean that is Rip feeling?

4. 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?

5. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?

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