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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 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 hates working hard for his own material comfort and financial security.
(b) He is eager to work at anything that will help himself, but he does not like to help others.
(c) He is simply lazy.
(d) He is physically unable to do heavy labor.

2. What is Rip's son's name?
(a) Peter.
(b) Dutch.
(c) John.
(d) Rip.

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

4. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?
(a) The United States.
(b) Holland.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Sweden.

5. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Geoffrey Crayon.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Washington Irving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?

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?

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

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

5. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?

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