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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. Why is the Queen’s footman at the Duchess’s house?

2. What is the caterpillar sitting on?

3. What does Alice mistake for the sea?

4. What is the White Rabbit looking for?

5. What happens to Alice in the Rabbit’s bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Mouse tell his long story? Does he achieve his goals?

2. What is Alice’s main concern in Chapter 2?

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

4. Who wins the Caucus Race?

5. Why does everyone else leave the seaside?

6. What is the significance of what happens to Alice in the Rabbit’s house?

7. Who comes back after the others leave the seaside? Why?

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

9. How is the baby characterized in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters are nervous or afraid of Alice, or other things, throughout the book. What is the nature of fear, as presented by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? Is Alice ever afraid? What does this say about her character?

Essay Topic 2

Alice changes sizes many times throughout the book. What is the significance of these changes, and how do they come about? What level of control does Alice have over these changes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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