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Early American Lit - SEM I > "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 1 Review > Flashcards

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 1 Review Flashcards

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Where is this story set?

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A town some call Greensburgh, but is more commonly known as Tarry Town.
- New York

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Why was the town given this name? Who gave it this name?

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  • The housewives of the “adjacent country,” whose husbands would linger in the taverns during market days.
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Describe Sleepy Hollow:

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  • It is a quiet, peaceful place (“one of the quietest places in the whole world”)
  • A small brook of water glides through it
  • Only small sounds; like the whistle of quail or the tapping of a woodpecker
  • It encourages one to relax.
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What are Sleepy Hollow’s “rustic,” young lads called?

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The Sleepy Hollow Boys

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Who do some people claim cursed Sleepy Hollow?

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A high German doctor
- In the early days of the settlement

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Who do other people claim cursed Sleepy Hollow?

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An Indian chief
- The prophet/wizard of his tribe
- Held powwows in the hollow before Henry Hudson landed there.

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What is the general vibe of Sleepy Hollow?

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  • Bewitched
  • People that go there are stuck in a trance
  • People see strange sights
  • People hear music and voices in the air
  • Everyone in the village has their own scary tales and haunted places
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Sleepy Hollow is a very _________ place.

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Superstitious

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Who is the dominant spirit of Sleepy Hollow?

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The Headless Horseman

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Describe the Headless Horseman:

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He is on horseback, and does not have a head

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What do some people say is the cause of him being without a head?

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  • He was a Hessian trooper during the Revolutionary War
  • Hi head was carried away by a cannonball
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Who sees the Headless Horseman?

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Townspeople trying to hurry through the gloom of the night.

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Where does the Headless Horseman haunt?

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  • He haunts Sleepy Hollow
  • He also haunts a church near the valley
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Why does the Headless Horseman haunt the church?

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  • Allegedly, he is buried in that churchyard.
  • The ghost rides to the scene of battle at night, in hopes to retrieve his head, but rushes back to the churchyard before daybreak.
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The author states that he loves Tarry Town/Sleepy Hollow. Why?

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Because these little villages contain people with manners and habits that are unshakable, and these little town aren’t so much affected by immigration.

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Ichabod Crane sojourned in Sleepy Hollow. What did he do there?

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Taught the schoolchildren.

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Where is Crane initially from?

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Connecticut (which produces both schoolmasters and woodmen; both intellectual leaders and leaders of the trades)

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Describe Ichabod Crane:

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  • Tall; lanky
  • Narrow shoulders
  • Large hands
  • Large feet
  • Small head, flat at the top
  • Huge ears
  • Green eyes
  • Long nose
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Describe Ichabod’s schoolhouse:

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  • Low building
  • One room
  • Made of logs
  • Secured by a strong twig/stem at the door handle
  • Secured by stakes at the window
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Why is Ichabod’s schoolhouse set up like this?

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So that if a thief gets in, he can’t get out.

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Who designed this building?

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Yost Van Houten

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How was Ichabod Crane as a teacher?

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  • He was authoritative
  • He was strict and sometimes menacing
  • He seemed to be a tough teacher, but an effective one
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What maxim does Ichabod Crane follow? What does this mean?

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  • “Spare the rod and spoil the child”
  • He beat/firmly disciplined his students when they did something wrong.
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How did Ichabod Crane “administer justice”? What does this mean?

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With discrimination, not severity.
- He would take away the burden from those who could not handle it, and lay it all on those who were strong enough to withstand it.

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How did Ichabod justify disciplining his students?

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As “doing his duty by their parents.”

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What did Ichabod always follow his chastisements with?

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Assurances and consolations so profound that his students would always remember them and thank him throughout the duration of their lives.

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What was Ichabod Crane like after school?

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The friend and “playmate” of the larger boys.

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What would Ichabod do after school?

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Accompany the smaller boys home after school.

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What was the common denominator of all the boys Ichabod went home with?

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They all seemed to have pretty sisters, or good housewife mothers.

30
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What was one of Ichabod’s main priorities with his students?

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Maintaining a good relationship with them.

31
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Why did Ichabod temporarily live with all of his students?

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The income that he made from the school was not enough, and he would barely have any money to feed himself, because he ate SO MUCH FOOD (despite his being so small).

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How often did Ichabod move throughout the neighborhood?

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Weekly

33
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Where did Ichabod keep all of his personal items?

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In a cotton handkerchief

34
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How did Ichabod Crane act toward the family at each home he temporarily stayed in?

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Useful and agreeable; he would help the families with their everyday tasks, and would become very gentle and kind (in hopes to gain the favor of those he stayed with).

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How did Ichabod Crane gain the favor of the housewives?

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He would sit with the children for hours on end.

36
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What else did Ichabod Crane do around the neighborhood?

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He was the singing master; he earned money by teaching the young ones how to set psalms to music.

37
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How did Ichabod Crane feel when he took his spot at the front of the Church on Sundays to sing?

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Like he was the most important man in the room, even above the pastor.

38
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How did Ichabod Crane’s voice sound in comparison to the rest of the choir?

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His voice rose above it significantly; in fact, there are still notes that can be heard in the very quiet, very still Sunday mornings in that Church, and even across the pond, that come from Ichabod Crane.

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What is the schoolmaster’s reputation with the females of the neighborhood?

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He is a popular man with the women, because he is more accomplished and distinguished than the male suitors, who are generally rough, and he is only less educated than the pastor.

40
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Did Ichabod Crane like being so popular with the women?

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Yes; he would pick grapes for them, recite the epitaphs on tombstones for them, and he would stroll with all of them on Sundays in between services.

41
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Because Ichabod traveled so much, what did he carry with him (besides material possessions)? How did this help his reputation?

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Gossip; everyone was always happy to have him around because he would share that gossip with them.

42
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What also made Ichabod Crane popular with the women of the village?

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His knowledge; especially the fact that he can read.

43
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Cotton Mather

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A Puritan clergyman and author; wrote “History of New England Witchcraft”

44
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Did Crane believe in Mather’s story about witchcraft? What does this say about his character?

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Yes; he is a very superstitious man, who absorbs haunting tales and enjoys them thoroughly.

44
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What two things is Ichabod a mixture of?

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Shrewdness and credulity (good judgement and being too quick to judge)

44
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What was Ichabod’s attitude toward gaining knowledge?

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He loved it; nothing was too gross or too large for Ichabod to learn.

44
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When Ichabod would walk home in the evening, after reading all afternoon, what was his disposition?

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He was very nervous, and every little sound or sight startled him. This was undoubtedly a result of his being so enveloped in haunting tales, such as those of Cotton Mather.

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What would Ichabod do to calm himself on the walk home?

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Sing psalm tunes

46
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What else would Ichabod Crane do on winter evenings, besides reading stories?

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Sit with the old Dutch wives and listen to their haunting stories, especially those about the Headless Horseman (or the Galloping Hessian of the Hollow).
- He would also share stories.

47
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What was one of the things that Ichabod told the Dutch wives that frightened them, although it seems obvious and normal to us?

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That the world was turning around while they were sitting there, and, in fact, all the time.

48
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Ichabod’s terrors as he walks through the night are merely what?

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Night terrors that are gone by daybreak, and are alleviated with the rising sun.

49
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Who has Ichabod been troubled by before? What does this say about him?

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Satan; that he is an odd, somewhat perplexed man.

50
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What then captures the attention of Ichabod Crane, that seems to be more terrifying than a ghost, ghoul, or goblin?

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A woman

51
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Katrina Van Tassel

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  • The woman who Ichabod Crane “loved”
  • Came to Ichabod, along with many others, to be instructed in psalmody.
  • Just eighteen years old
  • Rosy-cheeked, beautiful
  • High expectations
  • Flirty
  • Dress/clothes: Modern and ancient
  • Short petticoats
52
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Who is Katrina’s father?

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Baltus Van Tassel

53
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Baltus Van Tassel Description:

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  • Lived a thriving, content life as a farmer
  • Rarely concerned himself with the affairs outside of this own farm
  • His farm was happy and cozy
  • Was satisfied with his wealth, but did not boast of it.
  • His farm was quite the scene, bustling with animals, beautiful aspects of nature, and many crops.
54
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What did Ichabod Crane think about when he looked at all of the animals on the farm?

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Eating them in a great feast; remember, he was a particularly “large feeder,” despite being so lanky and scrawny.

55
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In addition to all the wonderful food that the animals could produce on the farm that Ichabod is dreaming about, what is Ichabod primarily fantasizing about when he enters the Van Tassel residence?

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  • Living a life with Katrina, and having many children
  • Turning all of the farm and land into cash
  • Using that money to buy “wild land”
  • Moving Katrina and all the children to some far off place.
56
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Ichabod had some trouble gaining Katrina’s affections. Why?

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  • He had many men to compete with who also wanted to marry/court Katrina.
  • Katrina “gave him her hand” just because she had to.
  • Katrina often changed her mind and experienced sudden mood swings.
57
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Who was one of Katrina’s most prominent suitors?

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Abraham; a strong, roaring man, with broad shoulders and a reputation for being brave.

58
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What is the Dutch abbreviation for Abraham?

A

Brom Van Brunt

59
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What is Abraham’s nickname? How did he get this name?

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Brom Bones; his “Herculean” frame

60
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Describe Abraham’s personality:

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  • Fun
  • Arrogant
  • An excellent horseback rider
  • He settled many disputes
  • Mischievous, but not so much ill-will
  • Humorous
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Brom Bones had a group of about three or four companions, and, with them, he would travel the country. When they would ride through villages at night, what would the old dames say?

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“Ay, there goes Brom Bones and his gang!”
- They would look at him in great awe and admiration.

62
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Whenever a fight broke out or a prank happened, who did the village know was responsible for it?

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Brom Bones

63
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What was a major signal that, perhaps, Katrina and Abraham could be courting?

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When Abraham’s horse was tied to the fence (paling) on a Sunday night.

64
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When Brom Bones made advances on Katrina, what was this a sign of for other suitors?

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To take their efforts elsewhere.

65
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How did Ichabod Crane feel about contending with Abraham?

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He was determined; he was flexible with it, but he never broke in the face of the challenge.
- He carried his head high.

Early American Lit - SEM I (9 decks)

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