Q 01/05

In Rip Van Winkle, how long does Rip sleep after wandering into the mountains with his dog and gun?

A) Twenty years

B) Fifty years

C) One hundred years

D) Two hundred years

Answer · why

A) Twenty years

Twenty years pass in what feels to Rip like one night. He walks home to find his house in ruins and nobody in the village who knows his face.

Q 02/05

Which New York-born author wrote Rip Van Winkle in England after his family firm went bankrupt?

A) Nathaniel Hawthorne

B) Washington Irving

C) James Fenimore Cooper

D) Edgar Allan Poe

Answer · why

B) Washington Irving

Washington Irving became one of the first writers from the United States to win acclaim in Europe. Lord Byron said he knew the collection the tale app...

Q 03/05

Which conflict does Rip Van Winkle sleep through after wandering off from his colonial village?

A) The War of 1812

B) The French and Indian War

C) The American Revolution

D) The Civil War

Answer · why

C) The American Revolution

The American Revolution is fought and won while Rip sleeps. One old friend marched off to the war and never came back, and the loafers outside the inn...

Q 04/05

In Rip Van Winkle, which game do the silent strangers play, its rolling balls echoing like thunder?

A) Croquet

B) Lawn bowls

C) Billiards

D) Ninepins

Answer · why

D) Ninepins

Ninepins is the game, played in eerie silence by grave-faced men in antique Dutch dress. Villagers later say every summer thunderstorm is the ghostly ...

Q 05/05

In Rip Van Winkle, what is the name of Rip's dog, blamed by Dame Van Winkle for leading him astray?

A) Bear

B) Wolf

C) Hawk

D) Badger

Answer · why

B) Wolf

Wolf is as henpecked as his master, slinking off at the wave of a broomstick. After the long sleep, a snarling dog that looks just like him no longer ...