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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 do the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle ask Alice to do after she finishes her story?

2. What subject did the Mock Turtle study that Alice did not?

3. What did the Duchess do to the Queen?

4. What are the jurors writing?

5. How does the Queen want to execute people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens suddenly at the end of Chapter 10?

2. What is happening to Alice during the trial?

3. How does the letter ‘prove’ the Knave’s guilt?

4. What does the Lobster Quadrille look like?

5. Why does the Mock Turtle sing?

6. How does the Dormouse contribute to the tea party?

7. Why does the Duchess leave for the second time?

8. What riddle does Alice think she can answer?

9. Alice thinks about the jury in metaphorical terms. What metaphor does she use in Chapter 12?

10. Describe Alice’s testimony.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alice tries to recite poems at various points in the novel. Find the original versions of these poems and compare/contrast them with the versions Alice recites. How are they different? What is the significance of this difference?

Essay Topic 2

Alice’s journey through Wonderland is rarely, if ever, prosaic and every-day. In what way might the book be read as a metaphor for real life? Are there aspects of the novel that refuse such a reading?

Essay Topic 3

The character of Alice was based on a real girl, an acquaintance of Lewis Carroll’s. In what way can we see the ‘real’ person’s characteristics?

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