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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 evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?
(a) There is a children's rope-skipping rhyme about him.
(b) His picture is stamped onto new year's cakes.
(c) His portrait is hung in many local schools.
(d) There is a street in New York named after him.

2. On page 28, the reader is told that the narrator of the main story is known for "scrupulous" accuracy. What kind of accuracy is this?
(a) Demanding and critical.
(b) Reckless and indifferent.
(c) Approximate and imperfect.
(d) Thorough and honest.

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

4. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?
(a) The Christian God.
(b) The Norse god, Odin.
(c) The Celtic god, Alator.
(d) The Saxon god, Woden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the frame narrator of "Rip 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. 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?

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?

5. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?

(see the answer key)

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