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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. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Dog.
(b) Bear.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Wolf.

2. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?
(a) He is a favorite of theirs because he plays with them and tells stories.
(b) The children are frightened of Rip because of his habit of talking to himself.
(c) The children are frightened of Rip because he is always yelling at his son and daughter.
(d) He is a favorite of theirs because he steals apples from a nearby orchard for them.

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

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

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) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.
(d) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?

3. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?

4. What is Rip's son's name?

5. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?

(see the answer key)

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