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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 is the Duchess’s reaction to seeing Alice?

2. What is the Queen’s opinion of Alice’s suggestion?

3. How does Alice feel when she is called as a witness?

4. What is strange about Alice as a witness?

5. What did the Duchess do to the Queen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the structure of the court.

2. Who comments on what is happening to Alice first? What does he or she say?

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

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

5. What does each witness contribute?

6. What will happen to Alice after the story ends?

7. What does the Lobster Quadrille look like?

8. What is the significance of the discussion Alice has with the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon?

9. Describe Alice’s testimony.

10. What is a Mock Turtle? A Gryphon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many things in Wonderland are not what they seem. What items transform in the book? Pick three meaningful transformations and discuss them in the context of Alice’s own transformation. How are they meaningful?

Essay Topic 2

The Cheshire Cat appears at various points in Alice’s journey. Discuss these moments and their significance in the story; how is the Cat characterized, and how does this inform our understanding of other characters in the novel?

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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