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

2. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?
(a) Rip's daughter.
(b) Rip's wife.
(c) Rip's sister.
(d) Rip's mother.

3. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Farcical.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Nostalgic.

4. What are the "flagons" that the men on the mountainside have (34)?
(a) Cups.
(b) Old-fashioned hats.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Dice.

5. When Rip nears the amphitheater where the group of men were on the night before, what does he notice?
(a) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.
(b) The men are gone, but there are tall rocks there that look like men.
(c) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.
(d) There is no longer an opening through the rock to reach the amphitheater.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wolf react to the stranger on the mountainside?

2. What does Rip keep hearing as he and the stranger climb up the mountainside?

3. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?

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

5. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?

(see the answer key)

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