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

2. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
(a) The seashore.
(b) The river.
(c) The barn.
(d) The woods.

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

4. 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) Maudlin.
(d) Nostalgic.

5. How might Rip's house be described?
(a) Expensive.
(b) Inviting.
(c) Run-down.
(d) Filthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?

2. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?

3. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?

4. What is Rip's dog's name?

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

(see the answer key)

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