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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. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His wife tells him he cannot spend time with them anymore.
(b) His friends decide that he is too lazy to be friends with.
(c) His wife yells at them constantly.
(d) His friends move away to a bigger town.

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

3. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
(a) The barn.
(b) The woods.
(c) The river.
(d) The seashore.

4. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
(a) They are dangerously unsupervised.
(b) They are much more like their mother than like Rip.
(c) They refuse to speak to him.
(d) They are somewhat neglected.

5. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?
(a) Thinks about how to make his wife happier.
(b) Skins the rabbit he shot.
(c) Pets his dog, Wolf.
(d) Looks at the scenery.

Short Answer 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?

2. Who is the frame narrator of "Rip Van Winkle"?

3. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?

4. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?

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

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