The Devil & Tom Walker - TEST Review

Tom

100

Tom sees the forest as what?

treacherous

200

Tom finds tall carved out trees with the names of those who?

dealt with the Devil

300

Tom describes the Devil with what kind of eyes?

Red

400

Tom doesn't fear who?

The Devil

500

What is Tom's motivation to an agreement with the Devil?

GREED

The Author

100

Washington Irving has the most sympathy for who?

 abolitionists 

200

Irving makes Tom a one-dimensional character since he is motivated by what?

GREED

Terms

100

What is the meaning of extort? 

obtain by threat or violence 

200

What is the meaning of ostentation? 

boastful display

300

What is the meaning of parsimony? 

stinginess 

400

What is the meaning of discord?

lack of harmony; conflict

New England Puritans

100

The New Englanders of the 1720s appeared as what?

suspicious 

200

What two things did the New England Puritans believe in? 

spirits and witches

Lesson/Characterization

100

What is the story's main lesson.........

Greed leads to what?

misery 

200

When the writer makes explicit statements about a character, it is considered what kind of characterization?

direction characterization 

300

When the writer makes statements that allow the reader to make inferences, it is considered what type of characterization?

indirect characterization