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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. Who reappears at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What does Alice mistake for the sea?

3. Who wins the Caucus Race?

4. What is wrong with what the Cook is making?

5. What might Alice be able to open?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alice feel about the Duchess in Chapter 6?

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

3. How does the caterpillar help Alice?

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

5. What is the significance of the curtain?

6. What is so important about the riverbank setting?

7. Why does the White Rabbit reappear in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, all of the characters present turn into cards. Other than the King, Queen, and Knave, how might this apply to the other characters? What is the broader metaphorical significance of this change?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The White Rabbit mistakes Alice for his housemaid. Discuss this case of mistaken identity in terms of the domestic elements of the book, and in terms of Alice’s own identity. Is this an understandable mistake?

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