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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 happens to Alice during the trial?

2. What music do they have while they dance?

3. What does Alice propose to solve the King’s problems?

4. Who used to teach the Mock Turtle?

5. Why does Alice think that subject was useless?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the structure of the court.

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

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

5. What is a Mock Turtle? A Gryphon?

6. What is happening to Alice during the trial?

7. What does Alice find after leaving the tea party?

8. What does the Lobster Quadrille look like?

9. What does the Duchess do that hurts Alice?

10. What is the gardeners’ fate, according to the Queen? Does it come to pass?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alice’s cat, Dinah, never appears as a character herself in the book, but is often mentioned by Alice. What is Dinah’s significance, to the story and to Alice? What does she mean for other characters, and what does this indicate?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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