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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the creature Alice meets at the seaside do when she mentions dogs?

2. Whose story does the mouse try to tell?

3. Who finally lets Alice in the door?

4. When did Alice last feel confident, according to what she tells the caterpillar?

5. What animal does the Duchess’s footman resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the caterpillar help Alice?

2. What is the significance of the curtain?

3. Why does the caterpillar find Alice’s desires offensive?

4. Why does everyone else leave the seaside?

5. Why does Alice think about Dinah?

6. Who is Alice afraid of in the Rabbit’s home? What does she do because of this?

7. Whose house does Alice see after talking with the caterpillar?

8. How can Alice’s changes in size be read metaphorically?

9. What has disappeared after Alice’s time at the seaside, and how is this significant?

10. What does Alice look for on the Drink Me bottle, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The White Rabbit appears in most key scenes in the book. Why is this the case, and how might the White Rabbit’s character function as a metaphor?

Essay Topic 2

Alice takes issue with some of the aspects of the trial. Which aspects trouble her, and how does she respond to them? In what ways is the trial unusual?

Essay Topic 3

Many different kinds of creatures appear throughout the book. What kinds of animals does Carroll use to populate Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, and what attributes does he give to each one? Can we generalize about different species and their roles? If so, in what way?

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