2. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) The owner of the village inn.
(b) A former governor of New York.
(c) The village schoolmaster.
(d) Rip's neighbor.

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

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

5. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?
(a) She ignores the dog completely.
(b) She treats the dog the same way she treats Rip.
(c) She treats the dog better than anyone else in the family.
(d) She insists that the dog stay outside and earn its keep on the farm.

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

7. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Farcical.

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

9. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Writer of novels.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Historian.
(d) Governor.

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

11. On page 28, the reader is told that the narrator of the main story is known for "scrupulous" accuracy. What kind of accuracy is this?
(a) Approximate and imperfect.
(b) Demanding and critical.
(c) Thorough and honest.
(d) Reckless and indifferent.

12. 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?
(a) The wives of prominent Dutch colonists.
(b) The wives of local indigenous leaders.
(c) The wives of political officials.
(d) The wives of country farmers.

13. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His friends move away to a bigger town.
(b) His wife tells him he cannot spend time with them anymore.
(c) His friends decide that he is too lazy to be friends with.
(d) His wife yells at them constantly.

14. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?
(a) The schoolmaster.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The owner of a local hotel.
(d) The owner of the village inn.

15. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
(a) They are dangerously unsupervised.
(b) They are much more like their mother than like Rip.
(c) They are somewhat neglected.
(d) They refuse to speak to him.