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One of the stories in Johann Musäus’s “Legends of Rübezahl” possibly influenced this character. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this character who supposedly used to be a Hessian soldier and “vanished in a flash of fire” in one story.
ANSWER: Headless Horseman [or Galloping Hessian; prompt on Brom Bones by asking “Brom Bones may be what other character?”]
[10e] Diedrich Knickerbocker is attributed as the source of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and this other Washington Irving story. A folktale about Peter Klaus inspired this story in which a man falls asleep for 20 years.
ANSWER: “Rip Van Winkle”
[10h] Irving’s time in Europe included working on a book about this person with the help of Alexander von Humboldt. Joel Barlow wrote an 1807 epic poem about this figure that invokes “Almighty Freedom” instead of the Muses.
ANSWER: Christopher Columbus [accept A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus or The Columbiad]
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WashU BMiami1010020
Indiana BPurdue D010010
SIUE AUIUC B0000
UChicago AUChicago C1010020
Purdue AUChicago D010010
UIUC AWashU D1010020
Purdue BUIUC C010010
Notre DameUIUC D0101020
Purdue CWashU C1010020