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PLAY: Rip Van Winkle • Issue: February 20, 2012
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Directions: Read the play, Rip Van Winkle, or click here to view a PDF of the story. Then click the bubble next to the
BEST
answer
for
each question below.
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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
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comfortable
and casual
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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: Type your answers into the text box below each question. Use complete sentences.
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. A
t 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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