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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
2. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?
3. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
4. When on page 31, the narrator refers to Rip's wife's nagging as a "torrent of household eloquence," what tone is created?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the contents of the story's epigraph and tell how this relates to the frame narrative.
2. Explain the relationship of Washington Irving, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and Geoffrey Crayon.
3. What relationship does Rip have with the village children, and how does it characterize him?
4. Describe how Rip's relationship with the dog contrasts with his wife's relationship with the dog.
5. What do Rip and his friends do when they gather together outside the village inn, and how does this characterize Rip?
6. Describe the condition of Rip's home and farm.
7. How is the setting of the Catskills described?
8. Describe the condition of Rip's children.
9. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze the use of stories attributed to indigenous cultures in the "Postscript." Be sure to use textual evidence to defend your claims, and if you use outside sources, be sure to cite them in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you defend a claim about what you believe happened to Rip in the mountains. Were the strange men real? Ghosts? A dream? Did Rip make them up entirely? Use textual evidence to defend your point of view.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the names of characters in this story. What patterns do you see, and what thematic significance do they have? Be sure to use textual evidence to defend your claims.
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