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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 28-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Personification.

3. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) A former governor of New York.
(b) Rip's neighbor.
(c) The village schoolmaster.
(d) The owner of the village inn.

4. 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 river.
(b) The seashore.
(c) The barn.
(d) The woods.

5. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
(a) He only likes two kinds of bread.
(b) He is easy to please.
(c) He is unaware of what he is eating.
(d) He overeats.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the frame narrative, the reader is told that the main story's narrator gets his information from the wives of the "burghers" (28). Whose wives are these?

3. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?

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

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

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