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15 Cards in this Set
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Who was the author of "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
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Washington Irving
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Where was he born and raised?
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New York
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He was rich.
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True or False
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What did he study?
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Law
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What was one of his pen names (or pseudonyms)?
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Jonathan Oldstyle
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What was one of his pen names (or pseudonyms)?
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Dietriche Knickerbocker
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What was one of his pen names (or pseudonyms)?
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Geoffrey Crayon
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He wrote The Sketch Book which included the stories _______.
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"Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
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His stories had one purpose - what was it?
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to entertain
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He did NOT write to teach a moral or lesson (although his stories did that also).
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True or False
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He was the first American ________
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short story writer
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He was the first to be ________
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honored abroad (overseas)
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He was the first to write ________.
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American legends (they were based on German legends)
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He was the first to write American ________ stories.
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ghost
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He was a regionalist - what state did he use as the region?
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New York
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