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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. When, on page 37, Rip meets "a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat," what is the reader meant to infer from the description of the hat?
(a) The man is one of the political candidates up for election.
(b) The man is from one of the old Dutch families.
(c) The man has something to do with the revolution.
(d) The man is another supernatural figure.

2. On page 33, Rip complies with the stranger's request with "his usual alacrity." How does Rip comply?
(a) Absentmindedly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Lazily.
(d) Cheerfully.

3. When Rip finds the path that he and the strange man took on the night before, what surprising change has happened?
(a) It is covered with splinters of wood from a keg.
(b) It is now a mountain stream.
(c) It is now a dense forest.
(d) It is marked with several colors of dark paint.

4. 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) There is nothing left in the amphitheater except his own gun.
(c) The men are gone, but there are tall rocks there that look like men.
(d) The men are gone, but their equipment has been left behind.

5. Who is the owner of the Union Hotel?
(a) Nicholaus Vedder.
(b) Jonathan Doolittle.
(c) Hendrick Hudson.
(d) Van Brummel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rip is surprised by the "singularity" of the stranger's appearance (36). What kind of appearance is this?

2. Where does Rip find himself on the morning after meeting the strangers on the mountain?

3. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?

4. From the reference to the painting in the parsonage, what can the reader deduce about the men that Rip meets in the mountains?

5. In the frame narrative, the reader is told that the main story's narrator gets his information from the wives of the "burghers" (28). Whose wives are these?

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