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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. When, on page 37, Rip meets "a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat," what is the reader meant to infer from the description of the hat?
(a) The man has something to do with the revolution.
(b) The man is another supernatural figure.
(c) The man is from one of the old Dutch families.
(d) The man is one of the political candidates up for election.

2. Where do the notes in the Postscript allegedly come from?
(a) A letter written by Rip Van Winkle himself.
(b) A notebook of Diedrich Knickerbocker's.
(c) The journal of Hendrick Hudson.
(d) Geoffrey Crayon's journal.

3. What happens to Rip as a result of drinking the strangers' liquor?
(a) He can suddenly hear them talking.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) They chase him away.
(d) He gets lost in the woods.

4. Who else has allegedly seen the ghostly crew of bowlers in the Catskills?
(a) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(b) Vanderdonk's father.
(c) Geoffrey Crayon.
(d) Rip Van Winkle's son.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?

3. When Rip is tired from hunting, he lies down on a knoll. What is he lying on?

4. What is the name of the ghostly explorer that Vanderdonk says haunts the Catskills?

5. What makes Rip feel like he has more liberty than he had as a younger man?

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