The Devil & Tom Walker 1
Where is The Devil and Tom Walker set?
Near Boston, Massachusetts
How did the people of Boston respond to Tom Walker's disappearance?
They did not care. They had "grown so much accustomed to witches and goblins and tricks of the devil..."
Who is the “commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air?”
The Headless Horseman
How did the Headless Horseman lose his head?
Cannonball in the Revolutionary War
Who plays Ichabod Crane in the movie version of Sleepy Hollow from 1999?
Johnny Depp
Who is the famous pirate mentioned in the story?
Captain Kidd
What happened to all of Tom Walker's things after he was taken?
They were all reduced to ashes
What is significant about Ichabod Crane's name?
He is always likened to a bird or described as birdlike--like a crane.
What other job does Ichabod do?
He is the choir master. He teaches singing lessons.
Name one of them.
Did not bathe throughout filming.
Built the Proctor house himself.
Tom Walker's wife is described as "termagant."
What does this word mean?
quarrelsome, scolding woman
Why could this story be considered a satire?
It is mocking the way humans are sometimes greedy in nature and how they will do anything to acquire what they want.
Where is Ichabod from originally?
Connecticut
Who tells Ichabod the story of the Headless Horseman?
Brom Bones
Name a character that is NOT an example of American Romanticism.
Best answer gets the points.
What happened to Tom Walker's wife?
She disappeared. "What was her real fate nobody knows..."
What is the meaning of the black fingerprint branded into Tom's forehead?
It is the Devil's mark on him.
What does the author say have “always been matters of riddle and admiration?”
Women/women's hearts
Where must one go to be safe from the evil spirit that haunts Sleepy Hollow?
The old church bridge
The folklore from which three nations includes him?
Germany, Scotland, Ireland
Why does Tom "grow a little crackbrained in his old days?"
He is anticipating his fate.
How does Tom Walker's mood impact the tone of the story?
When he is happy, the story seems happy. The suspense builds when the audience can sense his anxiety and nerves.
Fill in the blank:
“All the stories of ____________________ and ___________________ that he had heard in the afternoon now came crowding upon his recollection.”
What is found by the bridge after Ichabod's disappearance?
Ichabod's hat and a smashed pumpkin
Disney made an animated version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow that we will watch in class.
What year did it come out?
1949