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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 spend time with his friends?
(a) Fishing in the Hudson River.
(b) Inside the bar of a local hotel.
(c) On a bench outside the village inn.
(d) Hunting in the woods.

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

3. 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 barn.
(c) The seashore.
(d) The river.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?

3. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?

4. Where is the village that Rip lives in?

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

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