The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Who wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Washington Irving

• Herman Melville

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

Romanticism was a reaction against the empiricism and logic of the ​ (a)   .

• Enlightenment
• Revolutionary War
• Renaissance
• Gothic period

Romanticism was characterized by intense ​ (a)   , creativity & ​ (b)   , the concept of the ​ (c)   , and the idea that ​ (d)   is the source of all wisdom and knowledge.

• emotions
• imagination
• sublime
• nature

Match the following events with their place in the plotline.

• Initiating Event

• Climax

• Resolution

• Brom Bones marries Katrina Van Tassel

• Exposition

• Katrina rejects Ichabod's proposal of marriage.

• The Headless Horseman chases Ichabod and throws his head at him.

• Ichabod receives an invitation to the Van Tassel party.

• Rising Action

• Ichabod is a schoolteacher in Sleepy Hollow, NY.

Which of the following details best supports the statement that Ichabod is not REALLY much of a scholar?

• He runs the school in Sleepy Hollow.

• The ladies of the neighborhood believe he is sophisticated and accomplished.

• He disciplines his students by beating them with a birch rod.

• He believes all of the ghost stories and tales of witchcraft that he reads or hears.

Which of the following best supports the claim that Ichabod is absurdly overconfident in himself?

• Ichabod believes that marrying Katrina would make him happy and wealthy.

• Ichabod believes that he can easily win a fistfight against Brom Bones.

• Ichabod believes that he can easily outrace the Headless Horseman.

• Ichabod believes that he is a truly excellent singer and dancer.

Brom Bones is an excellent example of the ​ (a)   archetype: a truly American character who challenges all Old World manners and behaviors.

• b'hoy
• trickster
• Self Made Man
• outcast

Which of the following adjectives best describes the atmosphere of Sleepy Hollow?

• urban and bustling

• still and peaceful

• dreary and depressing

• enchanted and spooky

Match the following characters with their descriptions.

• Katrina's father

• the Headless Horseman

• a Hessian soldier from the Revolutionary War

• Deidrich Knickerbocker

• the man whose papers supposedly contained this tale

• Brom Bones

• a rival for Katrina's hand in marriage

• Baltus Van Tassel

• Ichabod's borrowed horse

• Gunpowder

Our hero Ichabod is compared to a(n) ​ (a)   due to his height and body shape, but also a(n) ​ (b)   due to his ability to consume massive amounts of food at a single meal.

• crane
• anaconda
• eagle
• rooster
• bear
• pig