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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cabin's construction compared to in the story?
(a) A crooked cabin.
(b) A slippery slope.
(c) A home.
(d) An eelpot.

2. What is impressive about the Van Tassel's home?
(a) It is historic.
(b) It has been built by slaves.
(c) It has expensive furnishings and ornaments.
(d) It has electricity.

3. What kind of area is Sleepy Hollow?
(a) Urban.
(b) Bewitched.
(c) Lawless.
(d) Booming.

4. Which demi-god does the narrator compare Brom?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Zeus.

5. What book has Ichabod mastered?
(a) History of New England Witchcraft.
(b) The Bible.
(c) A History of the English People.
(d) A History of the American Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have passed between the actual story and the narrator's telling of it?

2. After much discussion, what do many of the townspeople believe?

3. What is Van Brunt known for?

4. What does the narrator compare Ichabod's pliability and perseverance to?

5. Where is Ichabod originally from?

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