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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 part of the fort remains standing?
2. Who is William Kidd?
3. To what does the narrator metaphorically compare the financial speculation of Governor Belcher's time?
4. Why is Tom's business immediately successful?
5. Why does the devil stay away from Tom for a while after Tom's wife disappears?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tom's wife react to his news, and what is his response to her?
2. What does Tom do with his money and what does it show about his personality?
3. What does Tom believe is in the apron, and how does he feel when he sees it?
4. What are some of the details of the plants and animals in the swamp, and what do they signify?
5. How does Tom treat his horses, and what does this illustrate about his character?
6. Before Tom and the devil part, how does the devil seal his side of the bargain and what does this allude to?
7. How does the narrator add to the credibility of the story by mentioning the various possible fates of Tom's wife?
8. The devil lists several of his own nicknames for Tom; what pattern can be seen in these names, and what is its significance?
9. What kind of a person is Tom Walker's wife?
10. What is the implication of the conversation between the devil and Tom about the ownership of the swamp land?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Investigate the multiple traditional uses of savin trees as a literary symbol. Write an essay in which you explain which uses Irving probably had in mind and which uses are unlikely to be intended as a part of "The Devil and Tom Walker." Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you explore the casual racism of Irving's short story "The Devil and Daniel Walker." Describe the elements of the story that are racist and explain the irony in this racism, given the stand that Irving takes against the slave trade. Be sure to use quoted textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
What does this short story seem to suggest about the religious atmosphere of Puritan New England? Write an essay with a thesis that takes into the consideration both positive and negative aspects of the religious life of the story's characters. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.
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