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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 is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Writer of novels.
(b) Governor.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Historian.

2. 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) In the natural "amphitheater."
(c) Lost in the woods on the mountainside.
(d) Next to the Hudson River.

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) Farcical.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Ironic.

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

5. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
(a) The woods.
(b) The seashore.
(c) The river.
(d) The barn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Rip's first worry when he wakes up on the mountainside in the morning?

3. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?

4. How does Rip end up drinking some of the men's strange liquor?

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

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