Midterm - The Devil and Tom Walker

Question 0

T/F - In Irving’s, “The Devil & Tom Walker,” the setting is first described realistically and then supernatural elements are added

Answer 0

True

Question 1

T/F - The description of the “tall trees” calls to mid the words “tall sinner”

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F - The characters of Tom Walker and his wife are stereotypes that we call flat characters

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F - Tome became a violent churchgoer because he was truly converted from his wicked ways

Answer 3

False

Question 4

T/F - The plot of the short story is: a man sells his soul to the devil

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T/F - The “tall sinners” in the Tom Walker story are doomed men who became wealthy through their work in the establishment of orphanages

Answer 5

False

Question 6

T/F - The theme for the story is: You can’t beat the devil at his own game

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F - Our territory expanded all the way to Cali

Answer 7

True

Question 8

T/F - This period is called the Golden Age Of Am Lit because our authors initiated the development of a uniquely Am style or voice.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

T/F - the east was connected to the midwest by the construction of the Cumberland Road

Answer 9

True

Question 10

T/F - The first black newspaper, The Underground Journal, was published during this time period

Answer 10

False

Question 11

T/F - As a result of such fast and tremendous growth, the US experienced an increase in problems such as slavery, poverty, lack of food, and exploitation

Answer 11

True

Question 12

T/F - The fireside poets were Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Cooper

Answer 12

False

Question 13

T/F -During 1800-1870, there was an increase in pop in the US

Answer 13

true

Question 14

T/F - Thousands more acres of cotton could be cultivated because of Eli Whitney’s invention of the sewing machine

Answer 14

False

Question 15

T/F - The Erie Canal was constructed to connect the Hudson River to Lake Erie

Answer 15

True

Question 16

T/F - During this time period, there was an increase in wealth in Am due to the increase in shipping, trade, manufacturing, and architectural design

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The opening descriptions of the forest suggest that what Tom will find there will be
A. hot-tempered and vengeful
B. treacherous and maligant
C. dull and depressing

Answer 17

B

Question 18

A main lesson of this story is that
A. great wealth produces happiness
B. prayer can ease all past sins
C. greed and mean-spiritedness leas to misery

Answer 18

C

Question 19

Tom’s wife is a stereotype of
A. a nagging, shrewish wife
B. a woman of misery
C. a town gossip

Answer 19

A

Question 20

What is the significance of Tom’s finding most of the tall trees in the forest each “marked with the name of some great man of the colony”?
A. Carved onto the trees in the Devil’s forest are the names of those who made a deal with him
B. The men had carved their own names on the trees to ensure their frame
C. Landowners carved their names on trees on their property

Answer 20

A

Question 21

What is the one condition which need not be mentioned, being generally understood in all cases where a Devil grants favors
A. the Devil is guiding all Tom’s thoughts
B. Tom’s giving his soul to the Devil
C. Tom’s promising to become an urser

Answer 21

B

Question 22

Which of these details most clearly suggest that the figure Tom meets is the devil?
A. He is powerfully built and is holding an ax
B. His eyes are red and he is covered in soot
C. He wears rude, half-Indian garb and is sitting on a tree stump

Answer 22

B

Question 23

What seems to be Tom’s prime motivation in agreeing in the Devil’s terms?
A. greed
B. the desire to spite his wife
C. the desire to win the respect of the community

Answer 23

A