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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Understatement.

2. What is Rip's dog's name?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Bear.
(c) Dog.
(d) Wolf.

3. What kind of relationship does Rip have with the village children?
(a) He is a favorite of theirs because he steals apples from a nearby orchard for them.
(b) The children are frightened of Rip because he is always yelling at his son and daughter.
(c) The children are frightened of Rip because of his habit of talking to himself.
(d) He is a favorite of theirs because he plays with them and tells stories.

4. After he can no longer spend time with his friends, where does Rip start going to spend time away from his home and farm?
(a) The river.
(b) The seashore.
(c) The barn.
(d) The woods.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When on page 31, the narrator says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?

2. 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?

3. What is Rip's son's name?

4. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?

5. Where is the village that Rip lives in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the frame narrative says about the historian who recorded Rip's story--where does his work come from, and how reliable is it?

2. Describe the condition of Rip's children.

3. Describe the condition of Rip's home and farm.

4. What do Rip and his friends do when they gather together outside the village inn, and how does this characterize Rip?

5. What relationship does Rip have with the village children, and how does it characterize him?

6. Describe how Rip's relationship with the dog contrasts with his wife's relationship with the dog.

7. Explain the relationship of Washington Irving, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and Geoffrey Crayon.

8. How is the setting of the Catskills described?

9. Describe the contents of the story's epigraph and tell how this relates to the frame narrative.

10. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.

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