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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. 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 says of Rip that he will "eat white bread or brown," how is Rip being characterized?
5. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the contents of the story's epigraph and tell how this relates to the frame narrative.
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. How is the setting of the Catskills described?
5. Describe the condition of Rip's children.
6. Describe the condition of Rip's home and farm.
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 relationship between Rip and his wife.
9. What relationship does Rip have with the village children, and how does it characterize him?
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 thematic purpose of the "Note" at the end of the story. Be sure to use textual evidence to defend your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze the use of Dutch identity in this story. What do you notice about the connection of the Dutch settlers to Europe, and how are their culture and colonial history being put to use? Be sure to offer textual evidence for your claims and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the use of the frame narrative in "Rip Van Winkle." Establish both how Irving employs the frame narrative and what you believe its purpose in this story is. Finally, analyze the impact of this rhetorical choice on Irving's success in conveying his theme. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.
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