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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 setting sun causes something to light up and glow "like a crown of glory." This is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Alliteration.

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

3. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Governor.
(b) Writer of novels.
(c) Historian.
(d) Farmer.

4. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?
(a) He likes to make excuses instead of taking care of his responsibilities.
(b) His attitude toward his own family is similar to his attitude toward the villagers.
(c) His farm is envied by many of his neighbors.
(d) He is devoted to his home and family.

5. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?
(a) She insists that the dog stay outside and earn its keep on the farm.
(b) She treats the dog better than anyone else in the family.
(c) She treats the dog the same way she treats Rip.
(d) She ignores the dog completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?

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

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

4. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?

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?

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