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WorksheetsThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 18mins
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) .
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.
Match the following events with their place in the plotline.
Ichabod is a schoolteacher in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
Exposition
Ichabod receives an invitation to the Van Tassel party.
Initiating Event
Katrina rejects Ichabod's proposal of marriage.
Rising Action
Climax
The Headless Horseman chases Ichabod and throws his head at him.
Brom Bones marries Katrina Van Tassel
Resolution
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.
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.
Gunpowder
Ichabod's borrowed horse
Baltus Van Tassel
Katrina's father
Brom Bones
a rival for Katrina's hand in marriage
the Headless Horseman
a Hessian soldier from the Revolutionary War
Deidrich Knickerbocker
the man whose papers supposedly contained this tale
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.
Ichabod's insatiable appetite for food is symbolic of his...
appetite for beautiful women
quick temper and drive for violence
appetite for tricks and pranks
hunger for material success (money)
Why did Katrina encourage Ichabod's advances?
She had always dreamed of marrying a scholar.
She was just trying to make Brom Bones jealous.
She wanted to discourage other suitors from pursuing her.
She wanted to make the other beauty in Sleepy Hollow feel insecure.
Which is the best evidence to support that Ichabod Crane is inherently backwards looking?
His favorite book is Cotton Mather's "History of New England Witchcraft"
His favorite dance is the waltz.
He believes all women should wear bonnets and hoop skirts.
He believes that the Patriots should never have rebelled against the British.
Ichabod's behavior in the classroom and his behavior in front of his students' families reveals him to be a(n) (a)
When the citizens went on a search for Ichabod Crane, all they could find was his (a) , a trampled (b) , (c) tracks, and a smashed (d)
