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

3. How might Rip's house be described?
(a) Run-down.
(b) Expensive.
(c) Filthy.
(d) Inviting.

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

5. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
(a) He is easy to please.
(b) He only likes two kinds of bread.
(c) He overeats.
(d) He is unaware of what he is eating.

6. Where is the village that Rip lives in?
(a) On the island of Manhattan.
(b) On the Atlantic coast.
(c) At the foot of the Catskill Mountains.
(d) At the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.

7. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?
(a) The Christian God.
(b) The Celtic god, Alator.
(c) The Saxon god, Woden.
(d) The Norse god, Odin.

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

9. What evidence does the frame narrator give that the main story's narrator is still well-liked?
(a) His portrait is hung in many local schools.
(b) There is a children's rope-skipping rhyme about him.
(c) There is a street in New York named after him.
(d) His picture is stamped onto new year's cakes.

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

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

12. 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) Reckless and indifferent.
(b) Thorough and honest.
(c) Demanding and critical.
(d) Approximate and imperfect.

13. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
(a) Washington Irving.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Geoffrey Crayon.
(d) Diedrich Knickerbocker.

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

15. On page 29, the setting sun causes something to light up and glow "like a crown of glory." This is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Simile.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Metaphor.