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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Page 37-Postscript.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What has replaced the tree that once stood outside the village inn?
(a) A flagpole and the American flag.
(b) The Union Hotel.
(c) A statue of George Washington.
(d) A podium for election day speakers.
2. When Rip nears the amphitheater where the group of men were on the night before, what does he notice?
(a) There is no longer an opening through the rock to reach the amphitheater.
(b) The men are gone, but there are tall rocks there that look like men.
(c) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.
(d) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.
3. When Rip starts up the mountainside and finds his joints stiff and notices that he is not feeling as athletic as usual, what does he think is the cause?
(a) He thinks that sleeping on the mountainside may have given him an attack of rheumatism.
(b) He thinks that he must have walked much farther on the evening before than he first realized.
(c) He thinks that he is under a spell.
(d) He thinks that he is getting old.
4. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?
(a) The Norse god, Odin.
(b) The Christian God.
(c) The Celtic god, Alator.
(d) The Saxon god, Woden.
5. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?
(a) It is now a mountain stream.
(b) It is marked with several colors of dark paint.
(c) It is now a dense forest.
(d) It is covered with splinters of wood from a keg.
Short Answer Questions
1. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
2. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
3. What does the man that Rip traveled up the mountainside with want Rip to do once they reach the other men?
4. What is Rip's son's name?
5. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
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