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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Baltus Van Tassel do to support his family?
2. What does Brom Bones tell the other men he does with the Headless Horseman?
3. Whom does Ichabod hang out with when not in class?
4. In Ichabod's imagination, what does natural sights and sounds become as he walked home at night?
5. How does Ichabod endear himself to mothers?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the place called Tarry Town?
2. 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?
3. Why does the narrator refer to Ichabod's desire to win Katrina's hand in marriage a "holy" quest?
4. Why does Brom always have a smug expression on his face when the story of Ichabod Crane is told?
5. What is one characterization of Ichabod?
6. How does Ichabod's rejection by Katrina play into his perception of the countryside at "bewitching time" of night?
7. What is the point of Gunpowder's frequent stops, starts, and turns to the race Ichabod has with the Headless Horseman?
8. What is the purpose of the poem?
9. What is the irony of stories being told about Ichabod haunting Sleepy Hollow?
10. What words does the speaker use to convey that there is in fact something magical and mystical about the area? How does this word choice create the mood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How was the metaphor of a knight used within this story? Who was involved and what was the outcome?
Essay Topic 2
How is Greek Mythology referenced in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Is it used effectively to portray a theme or describe a situation? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
The author's descriptions of Ichabod Crane, even the usage of his surname, conjures the images of a bird. Why does the author want the reader to see Ichabod as birdlike? Is it because he is flighty? Or does his gossiping with the women in town one of "cawing" like a raven? Describe why and how the author continues to connect Ichabod to a bird and what purpose the author does this.
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