The Devil and Tom Walker Part 1

Besides describing land, how does the word "morass" provide an extra meaning to the following quote: "...and terminating in a thickly wooded swamp or morass."?

• It also means difficult.

• It also means complicated or confused.

• It also means evil and dark.

• It also means lost.

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What genre is The Devil and Tom Walker?

• Romantic

• Horror

• Supernatural

• Legend

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Who was Washington Irving named after?

• The King of France during the French Revolution.

• A famous German philosopher.

• The first American poet.

• The first American president.

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What are two main elements that Romanticism focuses on?

• Love and marriage.

• Ghosts and devils.

• Religion and morality.

• The indiviual and nature.

True or False: Romantic writers prefer logic over emotion.

• True

• False

Choose a word to complete the sentence.

He is _______ with both his time and his money.

• inlet

• ill-gotten

• ill-fated

• miserly

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A narrow area of water that flows into the land from a sea or lake.

• inlet

• morass

• tantalized

• balked

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Complete the sentence.

The ______ smell of coffee wafted towards them and made their mouths salivate.

• miserly

• tantalizing

• balking

• ill-gotten

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To stop suddenly and refuse to continue; to be unwilling to something because it is difficult or dangerous.

• morass

• ill-fated

• balk

• tantalize

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Complete the quote from the story.

"The old stories add, moreover, that the devil presided at the hiding of the money and took it under his guardianship; but this, it is well-known, he always does with buried treasure, particularly when it has been ______."

• ill-gotten

• ill-fated

• balk

• inlet

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