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PLAY: Rip Van Winkle • Skill: Reading Comprehension
Rip Van Winkle Quiz
1.Which of the following best describes the
relationship between Rip and Cornelia?
A quarrelsome and tense
B loving and playful
C supportive and encouraging
D comfortable and casual
2.The prologue includes which one of these?
A personification
C foreshadowing
B symbolism
D exposition
3.In Scene 2, Nicholas Vedder refers to Cornelia
as “Mrs. Sunshine.” This comment is an example
of verbal irony because
A Nicholas does not realize it, but Cornelia is
about to nag Rip about feeding the chickens.
B Cornelia’s last name is not Sunshine, it’s
Van Winkle.
C Cornelia does not have a sunny personality
at all; rather, she is usually complaining
about something.
D Nicholas is drawing a comparison between
Cornelia’s hot temper and the sun.
4.Which type of figurative language is used
in the following line?
“He said the sound of their balls was
like distant peals of thunder.”
A alliteration
C simile
B metaphor
D pun
5. In Scene 4, Rip sees a flag with stars and stripes
on it. He has never seen anything like it because
A flags were invented while he was sleeping.
B England changed its flag while he was sleeping.
C he was always too busy goofing off to take
notice of his surroundings.
D it’s an American flag, and there was no
United States of America when he fell asleep.
6.This story least fits into which of the following
genres?
A tall tale
C classic
B supernatural tale
D memoir
7.In Scene 3 on page 15, Wolf says, “Grrrrrr.”
This is an example of
A metaphor
C onomatopoeia
B oxymoron
D suspense
8.Compare the play and the comic. Which of
the following statements is not true?
A In both the play and the comic, Rip is
characterized as easygoing but irresponsible.
B In both the play and the comic, Rip sleeps
through the American Revolution.
C The play probably contains more details
from Washington Irving’s original story
than the comic does.
D The comic probably contains more details
from Washington Irving’s original story
than the play does.
Directions: Answer the questions below on the back of this page or on another piece of paper.
9. Compare the illustrations on pages 15 and 16.
How do they work together to indicate
a passage of time? Include specific details
from the illustrations in your answer.
10. At the end of the comic, what is the setting?
In other words, what time period is it, and where
are the kids? How do you know?
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Directions: Read Rip Van Winkle in this issue of Scope. Then answer the multiple-choice questions below.