Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories Quizzes

Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories Quiz 1

By Alice Cullina · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed May 23, 2009

1 What does Crayon believe England might regret when America is more powerful?

Overextending itself by having so many colonies

Assuming America will always be weak

So much negative writing about America

Not crushing America when it had the chance
2 With whom does Crayon travel for most of the book?

Rip Van Winkle

No one

Diedrich Knickerbocker

Frank Bracebridge
3 Which of the following does Crayon not describe visiting?

Shakespeare’s apartment in London

The house where Shakespeare grew up

Shakespeare's tomb

The property where Shakespeare hunted deer illegally
4 What does Crayon think is better suited to England than to America?

Hunting

Landscape painting

Fishing

Traveling
5 Who is not killed by the settlers?

Massasoit

Canonchet

King Philip

Alexander
6 What is the one-legged man especially skilled at?

Fishing

Tap dancing

Story telling

Carving
7 Where does Crayon revisit the scene of James I of Scotland's captivity?

Versailles

Scotland

The Tower of London

Windsor Castle
8 Who ends up in Congress in “Rip Van Winkle”?

Nicholaus Vedder

Derrick Van Bummel

Dame Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle
9 Who does Crayon say are the best and worst travelers in the world?

The Canadians

The Americans

The French

The English
10 What is Rip Van Winkle's main flaw?

He is rude to his wife

He is annoyed by children

He is unable to do any profitable labor

He spends money irresponsibly
11 What does Leslie lie to his wife about?

Their new poverty

His past affairs

The illegal source of his money

His religion
12 What famous author does Crayon encounter in Liverpool?

Irving

Byron

Dickens

Roscoe
13 What happens in the dream that symbolizes the authors of his time stealing from their predecessors?

The authors steal pieces of clothing from their predecessors to dress themselves

The authors go to a graveyard and steal bodies

The authors tear pages from old books and sew them back together in a different order

The authors steal stones from the oldest buildings to build their own houses
14 What idea does Crayon leave Westminster Abbey with?

America's lack of history

The immorality of great men

The futility of human accomplishment

The glory of England's past
15 Which professional does Crayon claim is instantly recognizable in England?

Innkeeper

Actor

Coachman

Lawyer
16 What is the real purpose of the building that Crayon suspects is a school of the black arts?

An insane asylum

A home for old men

A university

A monastery
17 At the funeral of the village beauty, how does Crayon know that the victim is a young, unmarried female?

Most of the mourners are young women

He overhears some mourners talking

The symbolic white flowers

The funeral is in the part of the graveyard reserved for virgins
18 What does Crayon tend to idealize?

German culture

England's past

The history of the settlers of America

European writers
19 Who is John Bull?

A successful butcher from Little Britain

A caricature symbolizing the English character

One of the two oracles of Little Britain

A pub owner from Little Britain
20 How does Crayon know Frank Bracebridge?

They have traveled together

They met in an inn

They met on a stage coach

They were close friends in America
21 What is Crayon's favorite holiday?

Boxing Day

Christmas

Halloween

Easter
22 In what sketch does Crayon lament the British perception of America?

"Rural Life in England"

"Little Britain"

"The Voyage"

"British Writers on America"
23 What object speaks to Crayon?

A portrait

A radio

A tobacco box

A book
24 Which of the following does Crayon believe about love?

That women are susceptible to die of a broken heart

That love seldom exists

That men feel love more deeply than women

That love is usually foolish
25 What is Rip Van Winkle's first explanation why his village is so different when he returns?

Dame Van Winkle is punishing him for staying out all night

The liquor from the strange men addled his brain

Everyone is playing a prank on him

He must have slept for far longer than one night

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What do you mean by "bot"?

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