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

2. What do Rip and the stranger climb up on their way up the mountainside?
(a) A pathway left by loggers.
(b) A long, muddy slope.
(c) A rocky cliff.
(d) The dry bed of a stream.

3. The men on the mountainside have "uncouth, lack lustre countenances" (34). What does this mean is true about the men?
(a) Their voices are flat and they seem unhappy.
(b) They are dressed like children even though they are old.
(c) Their clothing is sloppy and dull.
(d) Their faces look blank and they seem rude.

4. What does Rip do while he is resting on the mountainside?
(a) Pets his dog, Wolf.
(b) Thinks about how to make his wife happier.
(c) Skins the rabbit he shot.
(d) Looks at the scenery.

5. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rip wakes in the morning on the mountainside, what does he think has happened to his gun?

2. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

3. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?

4. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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