Question

What best describes the setting of “Rip Van Winkle”?

Answer 1

Answer:

Rip Van Winkle, Published in 1819, this story is considered the first story of American literature. It is set in the days before the United States War of Independence and tells the story of a villager of Dutch descent who escapes from his wife, who constantly scolded him for going to the forest. After several adventures, he sits under the shade of a tree and falls asleep. By waking up the world I knew had completely changed

Answer 2

I found these choices on the internet:
the city of New York in the eighteenth century
a village in the American West
a village and surrounding countryside in New York
the Rocky Mountains in the nineteenth century

The best description of the setting of Rip Van Winkle is in a village and surrounding countryside in New York.

Irving indicates, in the opening sequence, that the story takes place near Hudson River and Kaatskill mountains.