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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. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?
(a) The owner of a local hotel.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The owner of the village inn.
(d) The schoolmaster.

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

3. Who is the frame narrator of "Rip Van Winkle"?
(a) Geoffrey Crayon.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Washington Irving.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?

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

5. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?

(see the answer key)

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