AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fifty years
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Twenty years
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One hundred years
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Eighty years
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Detailed explanation-1: -He fell asleep for 20 years and woke up to find that there had been some very big changes (at least on the surface). This is a long story (40 minutes or so).
Detailed explanation-2: -The main character of “Rip Van Winkle” is a henpecked husband who sleeps for 20 years and awakes as an old man to find his wife dead, his daughter happily married, and America now an independent country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rip Van Winkle escapes to the mountains to get away from his wife, who wants him to do work on their farm. He meets a group of men, accepts a drink from them, and then falls asleep for 20 years.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: No, Rip Van Winkle does not sleep for 100 years. He is only asleep for 20 years, although that is enough time to cause some drastic changes in Winkle’s surroundings.