What Inspired ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’?

What is 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' considered an example of?

• Early American folklore

• Modern American literature

• European mythology

• Ancient Greek mythology

Who is the author of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?

• Washington Irving

• Sir Walter Scott

• Brothers Grimm

• Gottfried Bürger

Which historical event is linked to the inspiration for the headless horseman in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?

• Battle of White Plains

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Saratoga

What does the headless horseman symbolize according to Franz Potter?

• A past that never dies

• A future that is uncertain

• A present that is chaotic

• A dream that is unfulfilled

Where does the story of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' take place?

• Sleepy Hollow, New York

• Salem, Massachusetts

• Tarrytown, New York

• Boston, Massachusetts

Who is Ichabod Crane's rival in courting Katrina van Tassel?

• Brom Bones

• Sir Walter Scott

• Gottfried Bürger

• Col. Ichabod B. Crane

What does the headless horseman seek according to the passage?

• Revenge and a head

• Wealth and power

• Love and companionship

• Peace and tranquility

Which of the following best paraphrases the sentence below from the article while maintaining its original meaning and logical order?

“The story is based on a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball during the Revolutionary War and was buried without it.”

• A soldier buried during the Revolutionary War inspired the story, though no one knows how he died.

• The story tells of a Hessian fighter in the Revolutionary War who was injured in battle and buried later.

• The tale comes from the legend of a Hessian soldier in the Revolutionary War who was decapitated by a cannonball and buried headless.

• A Revolutionary soldier who was part of the American army died in a war and inspired the story of Sleepy Hollow.