Question 2 Part B

Which details from the story best develop the themes answered in Part A?

Select the two correct answers.

"Poor Rip was at last reduced almost to despair; and his only alternative to escape from the labor of the farm and the clamor of his wife, was to take gun in hand,

and stroll away into the woods."

"It was some time before he could get into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor."

"A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed."

"Rip was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was impossible."