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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. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?
(a) The children are frightened of Rip because he is always yelling at his son and daughter.
(b) The children are frightened of Rip because of his habit of talking to himself.
(c) He is a favorite of theirs because he steals apples from a nearby orchard for them.
(d) He is a favorite of theirs because he plays with them and tells stories.

2. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?
(a) Rip's mother.
(b) Rip's sister.
(c) Rip's wife.
(d) Rip's daughter.

3. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His friends move away to a bigger town.
(b) His wife yells at them constantly.
(c) His wife tells him he cannot spend time with them anymore.
(d) His friends decide that he is too lazy to be friends with.

4. 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 simply lazy.
(d) He is physically unable to do heavy labor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?

5. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?

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