Washington Irving: "The Devli and Tom Walker" - Read

Question 1

unusual

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• tom walker is portrayed as a violent church-goer rather than a traditionally kind Christian
• religious people would fear the devil but Tom feels appreciation for him, especially when the devil helps gt rid of his wife
• Tom tries to get out of his deal with the devil by burying his horse upside down

Question 2

in his story, “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Washington Irving comments on religious piety by comparing what the devil thinks of Absalom Crowninshield and how the community attempts to portray him, in Paragraphs

Answer 2

14 and 27

Question 3

in paragraph 57 of “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Washington Irving pokes at Christian religiousness by calling it

Answer 3

a “career”

Question 4

according to paragraphs 27-28 of “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Tom’s feeling regarding death of Absalom Crowinshield was

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“Let the freebooter roast. Who cares!”

Question 5

according to sec. 59 of Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Tom tried to cheat the devil out of the money he accumulated as a usurer by

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burying his horse upside down for a quick getaway

Question 6

Tom Walker felt something like gratitude toward the black man (paragraph 37 of “The Devil and Tom Walker” ) for

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doing him the kindness of getting rid of his wife