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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 is the name of the ghostly explorer that Vanderdonk says haunts the Catskills?
(a) Jonathan Doolittle.
(b) Van Brummel.
(c) Nicholaus Vedder.
(d) Hendrick Hudson.

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

3. What strikes Rip as very odd about the way the men on the mountainside are behaving?
(a) Even though they are playing a game, they seem unhappy.
(b) They seem to be completely unable to see him, even though he is standing very close to them.
(c) Although no one speaks, they keep nodding and laughing.
(d) They seem to be expecting him, because there is an open spot left for him.

4. When Rip sees a dog that looks like Wolf outside of his old house, how does the dog behave?
(a) It seems to not be able to see him.
(b) It quivers in fear.
(c) It snarls at him and then walks away.
(d) It jumps up and licks his face.

5. What makes Rip feel like he has more liberty than he had as a younger man?
(a) His freedom from Dame Van Winkle.
(b) The new respect he gains among the villagers.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The things that he learned while in the mountains.

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. What has replaced the tree that once stood outside the village inn?

3. How might Rip's house be described?

4. On page 30, the reader is told that Rip has an "insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour." What does this mean is true about him?

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

(see the answer key)

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