This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 5 > English > Rip Van Winkle > Class 5 English Chapter 5 Rip Van Winkle – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 5 English Chapter 5 Rip Van Winkle Quiz 4 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Rip Van Winkle's long sleep symbolize in the story? A) The inevitability of change. B) Escape from reality. C) The joy of solitude. D) The power of dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The inevitability of change. 2. What did the little bearded man share with Rip? A) Juice. B) Tea. C) Tasty drink. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tasty drink. 3. The barbar looked at food and asked for ..... A) Desert and fruits. B) Water and fruits. C) Rice and desert. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert and fruits. 4. Who recognised Rip Van winkle? A) An old woman. B) An old man. C) A young man. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An old woman. 5. Which game was played by odd looking men? A) Marbles. B) Nine pins. C) Ten pins. D) Fifteen pins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nine pins. 6. A synonym for "termagant" would be ..... A) Quiet. B) Joyful. C) Rude. D) Shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rude. 7. Why would Rip walk away into the forest with dog? A) To play. B) Because he liked forest. C) To avoid work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avoid work. 8. I like to play outdoors ..... my sister likes to play indoors. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 9. Which literary device is predominantly used in 'Rip Van Winkle' to show the change in society? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Symbolism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 10. What was the folktale about the Catskill Mountains? A) A group of widows are hiding in the Catskill Mountains seeking revenge. B) A group a natives haunts whoever goes up into the mountains. C) Old Dutchmen come down the Hudson River to the mountains every 20 years. D) Colonists raid anyone who enters the Catskill Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old Dutchmen come down the Hudson River to the mountains every 20 years. 11. Why did Rip go to the forest? A) For cutting trees. B) Escaping from Dame's shouting. C) For searching to the wolf. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Escaping from Dame's shouting. 12. A quality of Rip Van Winkle A) Lazy. B) Simple Minded. C) Friendly. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 13. Which game was played by the old looking short man's A) Nine pin. B) Warehouse. C) Cricket. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nine pin. 14. Rip Van Winkle did no work on the farm, but he worked hard to help his A) Wife. B) Children. C) Friends. D) Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friends. 15. How does Washington Irving use irony in 'Rip Van Winkle'? A) Rip's wife becomes kinder after his return. B) Rip's desire to escape work leads to a long sleep. C) Rip's dog becomes the village leader. D) Rip becomes a hero in his village. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rip's desire to escape work leads to a long sleep. 16. What is the name of the frog? A) Nick. B) Max. C) Frex. D) Fed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fed. 17. Where did the story take place? A) In the little hut near the Kaatskill mountains. B) In the woods of the Kaatskill mountains. C) In a village at the foothill of the Kaatskill mountains. D) In the shore near the Kaatskill mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the woods of the Kaatskill mountains. 18. After how many years he awoke up from his sleep? A) 10. B) 40. C) 20. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 19. Why did Barbar wanted so much food?? A) For future. B) For his kids. C) For friends. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For friends. 20. Who shouted with joy whenever they saw Rip? A) Children. B) Dogs. C) Neighbours. D) Villagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children. 21. Our new ..... , Fluffy, barks all night. A) Dog. B) Old. C) Told. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog. 22. Also known as lawn or turf. A) Stopped. B) Grass. C) Day. D) Called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass. 23. What was the name of Rip's daughter? A) Sara. B) Judith. C) Jennifer. D) Jimmy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judith. 24. What character traits of Rip Van Winkle are admirable? A) He is polite and hardworking. B) He is brave and dependable. C) He is helpful and friendly with children. D) He is smart and generous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is helpful and friendly with children. 25. Name the game in the lesson Rip Van Winkle Strange looking people were playing. A) Chess. B) Ninepins. C) Carrom. D) Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ninepins. 26. Dad's ..... car sin't running anymore. A) Old. B) Told. C) Dog. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old. 27. Meaning of the word ' barrel ' A) A wooden container. B) A musical instrument. C) A bag. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A wooden container. 28. Past tense for call A) Stopped. B) Brown. C) Day. D) Called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Called. 29. Rip Van Winkle's wife A) Tried hard to make her husband happy. B) Was not pleased with her lazy husband. C) Wanted to sell the farm. D) Wanted to leave the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not pleased with her lazy husband. 30. Rip Van Winkle is an idle fellow. He avoids housework by going to the forest to pass time. What does idle mean? A) Angry. B) Shy. C) Lazy. D) Disrespectful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lazy. 31. Why did the children shout with joy whenever they see Rip van Winkle? A) He played with them. B) He taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles. C) He told them long stories. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. Abby wants both a doll ..... a bike for Christmas. A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 33. What does the frog do when lady frog passes by? A) Opens one eye. B) Does not open any eye. C) Stare her. D) Sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not open any eye. 34. Another word for Trembling A) Shocked. B) Frightened. C) Shaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaking. 35. They wanted to play football ..... the field was closed. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 36. What was the name of Rip's wife? A) Elizabeth. B) Janet. C) Dame. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dame. 37. While Rip Van Winkle had been sleeping, A) Everyone left the village. B) The village threw a party. C) Old Wolf had died. D) More people had made the village their home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More people had made the village their home. 38. Rip was a kind neighbour. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. Nobody recognised Rip when he came back because he had reached the wrong village. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 40. What creatures did Rip Van Winkle see on the mountains and mad him drink from their barrel? A) Leprechauns. B) Spirits. C) Fortune tellers. D) Wizards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leprechauns. 41. Where did Rip go away? A) To the mountain. B) To the city. C) To the sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the mountain. 42. The girl ..... brother goes with me to the gym is a good singer. A) Whom. B) When. C) Whose. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whose. 43. What is the setting of this tale? A) Kaatskill Mountains; 1776. B) Netherlands; 1776. C) New York City; Pre-1776. D) Kaatskill Mountains; Pre-Revolutionary War. 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