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

2. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?
(a) They have violent arguments with each other.
(b) One bullies the other.
(c) One is embarrassed by the other.
(d) They each have a skill that helps the other.

3. 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?
(a) The wives of local indigenous leaders.
(b) The wives of political officials.
(c) The wives of country farmers.
(d) The wives of prominent Dutch colonists.

4. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Maudlin.
(c) Farcical.
(d) Ironic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

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

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

4. How might Rip's house be described?

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

(see the answer key)

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