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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 find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?
(a) Back at the spot where he met the first man coming up the mountain.
(b) Next to the Hudson River.
(c) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.
(d) In the natural "amphitheater."

2. 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) Nostalgic.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Farcical.

3. What is the stranger on the mountainside carrying?
(a) A bowling ball and pins.
(b) An antique gun and the carcass of a deer.
(c) Equipment for camping in the mountains.
(d) A keg of alcohol.

4. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?
(a) Lazily.
(b) Absentmindedly.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Cheerfully.

5. What is Rip's son's name?
(a) John.
(b) Rip.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer 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?

2. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?

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

4. On page 35, Rip is "tempted to repeat the draught." How is the word "draught" pronounced?

5. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

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