The Adventure of The German Student by Washington Irving

The Adventure of The German Student is mainly about.....

• the French Revolution

• the guillotine and how it was used to punish criminals.

• a man who withdrew from society and lived in a dream world.

• a beautiful woman alone in Paris.

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Which detail best supports the main idea of The Adventures of The German Student?

• Wolfgang became convinced that a fiend was trying to trap him?

• Many students studied in Paris.

• The French Revolution was a time of wild theories and wild actions.

• Wolfgang was a young man from a good family.

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Wolfgang's unusual studies

• affected his mind and his body.

• challenged many German traditions.

• won him many awards.

• impressed his fellow students.

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Washington Irving develops the mood of the story by using the language-

• violent times, haunt and madness

• family, scenery, and discovered

• dreamer, enthusiastic mind, and gleamed

• wandered, old and wonders

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Read the following excerpt from the story. "I have no friend on earth!" she said. "But you have a home," said Wolfgang. "Yes-in the grave!" This excerpt is an example of which literary device?

• flashback

• climax

• foreshadowing

• in medias res

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In paragraph 28, it says, "It was an unusual sight to see the gloomy Wolfgang with a female companion." What else might be the reason the doorkeeper "stared with surprise" at Wolfgang and the woman?

• They were arriving very late.

• It was storming.

• The doorkeeper did not like unfamiliar people.

• The woman was actually a corpse.

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The protagonist, Wolfgang, can best be described as-

• outgoing and friendly

• strange and withdrawn

• smart and loving

• handsome and trusting

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When Wolfgang tells the woman, " I pledge myself to you forever", this is when-

• He is trapped by the evil spirit, but does not know it yet.

• He and the woman have a traditional marriage ceremony.

• He saves the woman from the guillotine.

• He lives happily ever after.

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What is Wolfgang's main conflict in the story?

• Internal: He's tormented by the idea of an evil spirit trapping his soul.

• Internal: alone in a new city with no friends.

• External: The only one who likes reading about ghouls.

• External: Trying to save people from the guillotine.

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The point of view used in the story allows the reader to know-

• The events from the main character's perspective and how both characters feel.

• The inner thoughts of the main character told from their perspective.

• The events of the story and the main character's feelings from an outside narrator.

• Only the events of the story from an outside narrator.

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