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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author compare Ichabod to?
(a) An explorer.
(b) A knight.
(c) A squire.
(d) A soldier.

2. Neighbors usually dismiss the antics and disturbances of whom?
(a) Ichabod Crane.
(b) Brom Van Brunt.
(c) Katrina Van Tassel.
(d) Students.

3. What does Ichabod's physical features mimic?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A crane.

4. What is the name of Brom Bones's horse?
(a) Daredevil.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) Midnight.

5. What does Ichabod take a long time doing before going to the Van Tassel event?
(a) He eats a big meal.
(b) He cuts his hair.
(c) He washes his horse.
(d) He takes great care in his appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men discuss immediately after the dancing at the Van Tassel party?

2. Where is the church located?

3. What animal does Ichabod resemble as he sits astride the horse with his angled limbs protruding awkwardly?

4. What does the villagers call Van Brunt?

5. According to the legend, where does the Headless Horseman appear each night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Irving contradict himself and tease the reader?

2. Why does the narrator compare woman to a force greater than the Devil?

3. In what ways is Ichabod Crane an anti-hero?

4. Why is it important that the reader knows the action part of the tale takes place thirty years previous to the time of the telling of the story?

5. How does Ichabod's rejection by Katrina play into his perception of the countryside at "bewitching time" of night?

6. What does Ichabod's clothing blowing loosely around him symbolize?

7. How does the quatrain poem help establish the tone?

8. How was the metaphor of a knight used within this story?

9. What is the significance of Ichabod's singing psalms to quell or calm his fears to the story's ending?

10. Why did the church provide a perfect setting for the Headless Horseman stories?

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