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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. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?
2. 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?
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 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.
2. 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?
3. Describe how Rip's relationship with the dog contrasts with his wife's relationship with the dog.
4. Describe the condition of Rip's children.
5. Describe the contents of the story's epigraph and tell how this relates to the frame narrative.
6. How is the setting of the Catskills described?
7. What do Rip and his friends do when they gather together outside the village inn, and how does this characterize Rip?
8. What relationship does Rip have with the village children, and how does it characterize him?
9. Describe the condition of Rip's home and farm.
10. Explain the relationship of Washington Irving, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and Geoffrey Crayon.
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 analyze the thematic purpose of the "Note" at the end of the story. Be sure to use textual evidence to defend your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you argue for or against the proposition that Dame Van Winkle is an allegorical representation of Great Britain. Be sure to offer textual evidence for your claims.
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