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

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

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

4. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
(a) His wife yells at them constantly.
(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 friends move away to a bigger town.

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

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 learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?

3. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?

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?

5. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of the Catskills described?

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

3. 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?

4. Describe the condition of Rip's children.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.

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

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