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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 causes Tom to start to worry about the deal he has made with the devil?
2. To what does the narrator metaphorically compare the financial speculation of Governor Belcher's time?
3. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?
4. Why does the narrator say that Tom starts criticizing his neighbors?
5. What is the weather like on Tom's last day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how Tom develops into a religious hypocrite.
2. Why is the death of Absolom Crowninshield announced as the death of a great man in Israel when he actually died in Massachusetts?
3. What kind of a person is Tom Walker's wife?
4. What does Tom do with his money and what does it show about his personality?
5. What do Tom and the devil negotiate about before striking a bargain, and what is the bargain they strike?
6. How does Tom's wife react to his news, and what is his response to her?
7. Describe the setting where Tom meets the devil.
8. What are Tom Walker's first house and property like?
9. What is the reaction of the Walkers' neighbors to their fighting?
10. How does Tom treat his horses, and what does this illustrate about his character?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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