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“Rip Van Winkle” Reading Questions Name: Dadaxonova Marjona. Hour______ Date : 27.04.2022
Recall:
What is the setting of the story?
The story begins about five or six years before the American Revolution and ends twenty years later. The action takes place in a village in eastern New York. Rip Van Winkle is an amiable farmer who wanders into the Catskill Mountains, where he comes upon a group of dwarfs playing ninepins. Rip accepts their offer of a drink of liquor and promptly falls asleep. When he awakens, 20 years later, he is an old man with a long white beard; the dwarfs are nowhere in sight. When Rip returns to town, he finds that everything is changed: his wife is dead, his children are grown, and George Washington’s portrait hangs in place of King George III’s. The old man entertains the townspeople with tales of the old days and of his encounter with the little men in the mountains.
What has made Rip so kind, meek, and patient?
His wife
How do the children react when they see Rip? Why?
His son did not react at all,he also was lazy as his father and did not care why and how his father return.But his daughter was shocked at first sight and hugged her father.
Why do the women of the village like him and take his side?
He does work for them that their husbands are slow to do. They do not see that he does not help his wife.
What proof is offered that Rip is willing to work long and hard at some things?
He likes helping others,but hates working in his own farm
What sorts of work does Rip not like to do?
He does not like to work on his own farm. Rip does not like to do profitable labor.
Why does Rip think there is no point in working on his farm?
He think they are no point because it is always out to spite him. For instance, it will always rain right when he is about to go outside.
What part of Rip’s personality would have made him contented if he hadn’t had a family?
He is described as "one of those happy fools who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with the least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound"
What did Rip’s wife complain about? How did Rip respond?
She dislike lazyness his idleness, carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing to the family.
Where would Rip go when he wanted to escape his wife?
He would go to the town inn.
Why did he like the men he met there?
He liked them for having thoughtful, deep conversations.
Since his wife would take him away from the men, where was the only place he could go
to escape her? Who did he take with him?
He would go into the woods with his dog Wolf.
What is Wolf’s reaction when a voice is heard calling “Rip Van Winkle! Rip iVan Winkle!”?
Bristled up his back, giving a low growl, skulked up to his side, and looking fearfully down.
What has happened to Rip’s gun? What is his explanation?
It is all rusted and no good, he thinks that someone switched it.
What has happened to Wolf?
The returned home when Rip fall asleep.
What does Rip notice when he walks? Why does this worry him?
His aches were hurting that he slept all night outside,he worried about his wife's complains.
When Rip returns to the village, what has changed about its appearance?
Houses were not similar and ge did not recognize people. He does not recognize anyone. One of the only ways he knows he's in the right place is by looking at the Catskill Mountains, which have remained the same.
What are two things that surprise Rip when he gets to his house?
Completely destroyed and his dog doesn't recognize him.
What are two symbols of the newly created U.S.A. that Rip does not recognize?
General Washington and the hotel.
What are two things people are talking about that makes no sense to Rip?
About politics,he wasnt interested in politics.
What happens when Rip mentions his own name? Why does this confuse him?
People said that he disappeared 21 year ago in mountains,so that he was shocked that he slept all these years
What do the people do AND say that show they think Rip is crazy?
He ends up living with his daughter, Judith. He can spend time with the men because he is "revered as one of the patriarchs of the village and a chronicle of the old times before the Revolutionary War.
When his daughter tells what happened to her father, what question does Rip ask before he reveals who he is?
"Where's your mother?".
How has Dame Van Winkle died?
Breaking a blood vessel in a fit of passion at a New England Peddler.
How is that consistent with her character?
Mother of Rip's 2children,terrible nag.
Where does Rip end up living? Why is he now able to spend time with the men at the inn?
Maybe his dog looks like a real wolf or it sounds great and seems nice to dog.
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