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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. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
(a) He overeats.
(b) He only likes two kinds of bread.
(c) He is easy to please.
(d) He is unaware of what he is eating.

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

3. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Bear.
(b) Dog.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Wolf.

4. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?
(a) Inside the bar of a local hotel.
(b) On a bench outside the village inn.
(c) Fishing in the Hudson River.
(d) Hunting in the woods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How might Rip's house be described?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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