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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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1
Ghost or ghost-like image
coquette
profusion
apparition
arrant
2
How did Tarry Town get its name?
the daughters would tarry at their chores
The women would tarry at church
the children would tarry coming to school
The husbands would tarry at the tavern
3
Gothic literature involves ghosts and the supernatural.
True
False
4
What is Ichabod's horse's name?
Shadowfax
Gunpowder
Cannonball
Daredevil
5
Showing skill, especially with the hands
dexterous
capricious
inveterate
melancholy
6
How would Ichabod make himself brave enough to walk home after reading ghost stories?
by reciting bible verses
by singing biblical psalms
by singing popular music
by reciting poetry
7
Given to sudden change in mood or behavior
dexterous
capricious
coquette
apparition
8
A teacher, especially a strict one
pedagogue
inveterate
profusion
arrant
9
Romanticism in literature describes the beauty of nature
False
True
10
Which line is an example of alliteration?
a small brook glides through it
fragment of a cap like Mercury
you would have though St. Vitus himself, was before you in person
preserved plums, peaches, and pies
11
Which line is an example of personification?
Sabbath stillness
had the dilating powers of an anaconda
hooting of the screech owl
Indian corn, with its golden ears peeping from their leafy coverts
12
Unlikely to change
tractable
inveterate
capricious
arrant
13
What does the Headless Horseman throw at Ichabod on the bridge?
a pumpkin
a sword
a skull
His decapitated head
14
A large quantity of something
melancholy
capricious
profusion
dexterous
15
What pranks does Brom Bones pull on Ichabod?
all of these
trains a dog to howl around Ichabod
turns all the furniture upside down in the schoolhouse
smokes out his singing lesson room
16
Brom's horse is named Gunpowder
True
False
17
A woman who flirts
pedagogue
coquette
arrant
tractable
18
Sleepy Hollow does not have a lot of ghost stories surrounding the town.
True
False
19
Brom Bones is the local school teacher
True
False
20
Which line is an example of a simile?
pumpkins lying beneath them, turning up their fair round bellies
doughty doughnut
fragment of a hat, like the cap of Mercury
whitewashed walls shine modestly forth
21
Easy to control or influence
profusion
tractable
arrant
melancholy
22
Katrina accepts Ichabod's marriage proposal.
True
False
23
Feeling of great sadness
pedagogue
melancholy
tractable
inveterate
24
Katrina is a mixture of traditional and progressive values.
True
False
25
What is one of the rumors surrounding Ichabod's disappearance?
he became a church minister
He married a woman in a different town
he moved to Salem, MA
he became a lawyer and was elected judge
26
Complete; utter
pedagogue
tractable
arrant
dexterous
27
What clues about Ichabod's disappearance do the villagers find? TAP ALL THAT APPLY!
a shattered pumpkin
a hat
a birch-rod
hoofprints
28
How did the Headless Horseman lose his head?
by getting shot by a cannonball
by getting in an accident with his horse
by getting shot by a rifle
by getting hit with a sword
29
Why has Ichabod come to Sleepy Hollow?
to learn about witchcraft
to be a school master
to marry katrina
to write ghost stories
30
Why does the Headless Horseman go riding each night?
to try to escape the haunted church
to try to find a partner
to try to find his head
to kill anyone he sees
