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

2. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?
(a) The man he arrived with pours him a cup.
(b) The men gather around him and force him to drink.
(c) He sneaks it when they are not looking.
(d) He mistakes it for water.

3. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?
(a) The owner of the village inn.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The schoolmaster.
(d) The owner of a local hotel.

4. On page 29, the narrator says that a person might have "descried" the smoke from the village. What does this mean a person might have done?
(a) Seen it.
(b) Been puzzled by it.
(c) Complained about it.
(d) Explained its details.

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?
(a) The wives of political officials.
(b) The wives of local indigenous leaders.
(c) The wives of prominent Dutch colonists.
(d) The wives of country farmers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?

3. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?

4. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?

5. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?

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