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Devil & Tom Walker
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the story’s setting? | A forest near Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1727 |
| Tom Walker might best be described as -- | stingy and cruel but courageous |
| Tom Walker’s wife is best described as -- | fierce shrew, always nagging and yelling |
| In this story the woods are used to symbolize -- | Evil |
| Which phrase is an example of Irving’s use of humor? | “Tom consoled himself for the loss of his property, with the loss of his wife, for he was a man of fortitude.” |
| What does Irving use to symbolize hypocrisy and hidden evil? | The flourishing trees that are rotten to the core |
| What enabled you to predict that the figure that appears to Tom in the forest is the devil? | He has large red eyes. |
| Tom’s wife decides to go into the forest because she -- | decides to make her own deal with the devil |
| How does Tom die? | The devil tricks Tom Walker |
| What happens to Tom Walker’s money at the end of the story? | It turns into cinders and ashes. |
| What feeling about the setting does Irving want to arouse? | fear |
| Which item best contributes to the story’s mood? | “The swamp was thickly grown with great gloomy pines and hemlocks . . . which made it dark at noonday. . .” |
| “The Devil and Tom Walker” is based on the archetype of a person who -- | sells his soul to the devil |
| Like Tom Walker, no doubt you weren’t surprised by the appearance of the devil. You were prepared because you knew that Tom -- | had read or heard about other people meeting with the devil |
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