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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. 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?
(a) Been puzzled by it.
(b) Seen it.
(c) Explained its details.
(d) Complained about it.

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) One is embarrassed by the other.
(b) They each have a skill that helps the other.
(c) One bullies the other.
(d) They have violent arguments with each other.

3. Where is the village that Rip lives in?
(a) On the Atlantic coast.
(b) At the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.
(c) At the foot of the Catskill Mountains.
(d) On the island of Manhattan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rip's son's name?

2. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?

3. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?

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

5. 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?

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