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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. Where does Rip spend time with his friends?
(a) On a bench outside the village inn.
(b) Inside the bar of a local hotel.
(c) Hunting in the woods.
(d) Fishing in the Hudson River.

2. Everything that happens to Rip on the morning after he meets the strangers on the mountain makes him feel "perplexities" (36). What does this mean that is Rip feeling?
(a) Confused.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Surprised.

3. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?
(a) Geoffrey Crayon.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(d) Washington Irving.

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. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
(a) They refuse to speak to him.
(b) They are dangerously unsupervised.
(c) They are much more like their mother than like Rip.
(d) They are somewhat neglected.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?

2. What type of clothing is the stranger on the mountainside wearing?

3. When Rip starts up the mountainside and finds his joints stiff and notices that he is not feeling as athletic as usual, what does he think is the cause?

4. When Rip and the stranger enter the natural amphitheater, Rip sees several people doing what?

5. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?

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