Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Question 1

a being, creature, or thing; originally it described a living human being

Answer 1

wight

Question 2

lacking energy or enthusiasm

Answer 2

listless

Question 3

a country youth

Answer 3

swain

Question 4

18th-century soldiers from Germany hired by the British Empire to fight in the American Revolutionary War

Answer 4

Hessian

Question 5

skillful and competent

Answer 5

dexterous

Question 6

pleasing; agreeable

Answer 6

ingratiating

Question 7

a young man

Answer 7

stripling

Question 8

irritable; hot-tempered

Answer 8

choleric

Question 9

secluded; isolated

Answer 9

sequestered

Question 10

a mounted soldier

Answer 10

cavalier

Question 11

exemption from punishment or bad consequences

Answer 11

impunity

Question 12

anything that foreshadows a future event

Answer 12

harbinger

Question 13

sudden, unpredictable changes

Answer 13

caprices

Question 14

traveling from place to place

Answer 14

itinerant

Question 15

shining; brilliant; glowing

Answer 15

resplendent

Question 16

What did Ichabod most like to read, and what did he most like to listen to by way of the old Dutch wifes?

Answer 16

direful, marvelous, and monstrous tales

Question 17

How does Ichabod Crane make his living?

Answer 17

teaching; instruction in singing

Question 18

In the exposition, the opening portion that sets the scene, the narrator uses many descriptive words to describe the setting. Which ones features some of the words he used?

Answer 18

a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills; one of the quietest place in the whole world; a small brook that glides through it; with just murmur enough to lull one to repose

Question 19

Who is the “dominant spirit that haunts this enchanted region”?

Answer 19

The Headless Horseman

Question 20

Describe Ichabod Cane

Answer 20

intellectual and artistic

Question 21

Describe Brom Bones

Answer 21

brawny and tough

Question 22

The competition between Ichabod and Brom leads to what climatic event in the story?

Answer 22

Ichabod leaves and is chased by The Headless Horseman

Question 23

Who wins Katrina at the end of the story?

Answer 23

Brom Bones

Question 24

What actually hits Ichabod Crane in the head?

Answer 24

a pumpkin

Question 25

The title “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” features an important connection between the setting and the ___, which also relates to the Central One Idea

Answer 25

imagination