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?

So much negative writing about America

Overextending itself by having so many colonies

Not crushing America when it had the chance

Assuming America will always be weak
2 With whom does Crayon travel for most of the book?

Rip Van Winkle

Frank Bracebridge

Diedrich Knickerbocker

No one
3 Which of the following does Crayon not describe visiting?

The property where Shakespeare hunted deer illegally

Shakespeare’s apartment in London

Shakespeare's tomb

The house where Shakespeare grew up
4 What does Crayon think is better suited to England than to America?

Traveling

Fishing

Hunting

Landscape painting
5 Who is not killed by the settlers?

Massasoit

Canonchet

King Philip

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

Carving

Story telling

Fishing

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

Versailles

The Tower of London

Windsor Castle

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

Derrick Van Bummel

Dame Van Winkle

Nicholaus Vedder

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

The French

The English

The Canadians

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

He is rude to his wife

He spends money irresponsibly

He is unable to do any profitable labor

He is annoyed by children
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?

Byron

Irving

Roscoe

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

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

The authors go to a graveyard and steal bodies

The authors steal stones from the oldest buildings to build their own houses

The authors steal pieces of clothing from their predecessors to dress themselves
14 What idea does Crayon leave Westminster Abbey with?

The immorality of great men

The futility of human accomplishment

America's lack of history

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

Actor

Coachman

Innkeeper

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

A home for old men

An insane asylum

A university

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

The symbolic white flowers

Most of the mourners are young women

He overhears some mourners talking

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

European writers

The history of the settlers of America

German culture

England's past
19 Who is John Bull?

A pub owner from Little Britain

A successful butcher from Little Britain

A caricature symbolizing the English character

One of the two oracles of Little Britain
20 How does Crayon know Frank Bracebridge?

They met in an inn

They were close friends in America

They met on a stage coach

They have traveled together
21 What is Crayon's favorite holiday?

Easter

Christmas

Halloween

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

"Rural Life in England"

"The Voyage"

"Little Britain"

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

A book

A portrait

A tobacco box

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

That love seldom exists

That men feel love more deeply than women

That women are susceptible to die of a broken heart

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

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

Dame Van Winkle is punishing him for staying out all night

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