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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. Tom agrees to become a usurer. What job is he saying he will do?
2. Whose clothing does the devil's clothing resemble?
3. What causes Tom to start to worry about the deal he has made with the devil?
4. The swamp is full of quagmires. What does this mean it is full of?
5. What makes the item on Tom's desk ironic?
Short Essay Questions
1. What becomes of Tom Walker and all of his wealth?
2. What is the reaction of the Walkers' neighbors to their fighting?
3. What is similar about Tom's fancy house and his religious behavior?
4. The devil lists several of his own nicknames for Tom; what pattern can be seen in these names, and what is its significance?
5. Who is the guardian of William Kidd's treasure, and why?
6. What things does the devil say he supervises on earth?
7. What does Tom's wife do as a result of his refusal to make a deal with the devil, and what is the outcome?
8. What recent events lead to Tom's business being so successful?
9. What implicit racism is there in the description of the fort that once stood in the swamp?
10. How does Tom ultimately slip up and get captured by the devil?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the story's allusion to the legend of El Dorodo support the overall meaning of the story? Explain the allusion, offer an interpretation, and then explain how it supports the story's theme. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 2
What function do the frame story and the editorializing by the intrusive narrator serve in this story? Write an essay in which you take a position on one effect that both of these authorial choices support; be sure to offer textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Washington Irving was devoted to the idea of the creation of a specifically American literature, separate from the European literature of the Old World. Write an essay in which you analyze how "The Devil and Tom Walker" fulfills this purpose.
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