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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?
(a) A pathway left by loggers.
(b) A rocky cliff.
(c) A long, muddy slope.
(d) The dry bed of a stream.

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

3. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?
(a) One bullies the other.
(b) They each have a skill that helps the other.
(c) They have violent arguments with each other.
(d) One is embarrassed by the other.

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

5. 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) Alliteration.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is resting on the mountainside, what sound alerts Rip that someone is nearby?

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

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

4. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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