Question 1 (2 points)
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1. which of the following is not an example of the elements of the “american myth” found in washington irving’s short story, “rip van winkle”?

question 1 options:

remote places or times

strange or exaggerated characters

apocalyptic survivalist situations

magical or mysterious events

positive messages about america or its people

question 2 (2 points)
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2. what is true of a tall tale?

question 2 options:

a. tall tales frequently use exaggeration and embellishment to entertain readers.

b. tall tales are often written to explain a natural phenomenon

c. tall tales are often written to advertise a remarkable achievement

d. tall tales center on characters that are larger than life.

e. all of the above are true of tall tales

question 3 (2 points)
3. what do rip van winkle’s exaggerated flaws in character do for us as the reader?

question 3 options:

a. rip’s exaggerated flaws make the author seem mean-spirited or harsh

b. rip’s exaggerated flaws make rip seem unbelievable and irrelevant

c. rip’s exaggerated flaws make rip all the more human and endearing

d. rip’s exaggerated flaws make the author seem out of touch with reality

question 4 (2 points)
4. the humor of "rip van winkle" is rooted in irving's portrayal of small-town folks and small-town life in early america. elements of humor used by irving in “rip van winkle” are:

question 4 options:

a. exaggerated character flaws

b. stereotyped attitudes and behavior

c. use of repetition

d. both a and b

question 5 (2 points)
5. in the following description, the narrator describes the relationship between rip and his wife, dame van winkle. which underlined phrase shows how the dame’s behavior comically affects rip?

“morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. he shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. this, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife, so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the house—the only side which in truth belongs to a henpecked husband.”

question 5 options:

a. her tongue was incessantly going

b. a torrent of household eloquence

c. he shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing.

d. a fresh volley from his wife

question 6 (2 points)
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6. which of the following does not happen during the twenty years while rip sleeps?

question 6 options:

a. his beard grows long

b. his dog disappears

c. george washington visits his town

d. his gun rusts and falls apart

e. the dried gully becomes a mountain stream

question 7 (2 points)
7. what are examples of direct characterization in “rip van winkle”?

question 7 options:

a. “the great error in rip’s composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor”

b. “he was a great favorite among all the good wives of the village, who, [. .]took his part in all family squabbles, and never failed . . to lay all the blame on dame van winkle.”

c. “the children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached”

d. “not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood”

question 8 (2 points)
8. how does irving build on the idea of american landscape as mythical?

question 8 options:

a. irving’s description of the catskill mountains as impressively beautiful and magical in some way

b. irving describes a landscape that is largely unexplored and only moderately settled with people

c. irving presents the village to be of great antiquity, adding to the interest and sense of wonder about the history of the town

d. all of the above

question 9 (2 points)
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9. what historical event occurred while rip is asleep?

question 9 options:

a. rip slept while abraham lincoln delivered the gettysburg address

b. rip slept through the revolutionary war

c. rip slept through the civil war

d. rip slept through the alamo

question 10 (2 points)
10. how does irving contribute a positive message about america and its people through the characterization of rip van winkle?

question 10 options:

a. irving harkens to the past when america was a british colony, lamenting the loss of the english monarch, and awakening in readers a wistful longing for its monarchic roots.

b. irving plays with the idea that fairies are the key to time travel into the future through somnambulism; but denounces the idea of ever traveling back in time.

c. irving roots the story in the time period that stretches both before and after the revolutionary war—rejoicing in the memory of the founding of the nation; he projects an image of america’s landscape that is vast, beautiful, and full of possibility.

d. through historical fiction, irving presents history in a fictional way, causing confusion for future historians about the actual past versus the imagined fictionalized past.