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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Page 37-Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?
(a) A bowling ball and pins.
(b) Equipment for camping in the mountains.
(c) An antique gun and the carcass of a deer.
(d) A keg of alcohol.

2. What is the first thing that the villagers want to know about Rip?
(a) Which political party he supports.
(b) What has happened to his family.
(c) Whether he supported the American Revolution.
(d) Where he has been for twenty years.

3. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?
(a) Even though they are playing a game, they seem unhappy.
(b) They seem to be completely unable to see him, even though he is standing very close to them.
(c) Although no one speaks, they keep nodding and laughing.
(d) They seem to be expecting him, because there is an open spot left for him.

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

5. What is the purpose of the stories in the Postscript?
(a) To explain the magical nature of the Catskills.
(b) To surprise the reader with an unexpected twist in the plot.
(c) To create comic effect.
(d) To tell what happened to Rip's family in future generations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Rip's dog's name?

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

4. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

5. Everything that happens to Rip on the morning after he meets the strangers on the mountain makes him feel "perplexities" (36). What does this mean that is Rip feeling?

(see the answer key)

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