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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. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
(a) He is easy to please.
(b) He only likes two kinds of bread.
(c) He is unaware of what he is eating.
(d) He overeats.

2. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
(c) Washington Irving.
(d) Geoffrey Crayon.

3. On page 35, Rip is "tempted to repeat the draught." How is the word "draught" pronounced?
(a) Rhymes with "out."
(b) Rhymes with "hot."
(c) Rhymes with "loft."
(d) Rhymes with "raft."

4. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?
(a) They look like Dutchmen from long ago.
(b) They are standing unnaturally still.
(c) They look like many copies of the same person.
(d) They look like European royalty.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How might Rip's house be described?

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

4. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?

5. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?

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