Alice in Wonderland Study Guide

1. Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of

• Jane Austen
• Samuel Clemens
• Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
• George Eliot

2. Carroll wrote and lived in

• Edwardian England
• Nineteenth century America
• Victorian England
• Nineteenth century Nova Scotia

3. The Alice books sometimes poke fun at

• the injustice of imperialism
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Anglican church at the time of the American Revolution
• the didactic children's literature of the time

4. One of the themes of the book is the

• triumph of the primal over the rational
• the dangers of organized religion
• the injustice of slavery
• the growth from childhood to adulthood

5. Alice's adventures begin when she follows

• her cat
• the White Rabbit
• the Cheshire cat
• the Caterpillar

6. In the hallway with the numerous doors, Alice finds a tiny doorway leading to

• an elephant's graveyard
• a lovely garden
• the grove of Humpty Dumpty
• the orchard of Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum

7. Alice is too large for the doorway. She finds a bottle and some cake. When she comes them, she learns that

• the one thing that her mother makes doesn't do anything at all
• it's totally impossible to escape from this scary hall
• one thing makes her bigger, and the other makes her small
• if she drinks and eats too much, she'll have a nasty fall

8. The effects of food and drink in Wonderland reflect

• the importance of filial piety
• the dramatic changes one undergoes during the transition to adulthood
• the dangers of talking to strangers
• the power of the Eucharist

9. While tiny, Alice slips and falls into a body of saltwater. She realizes that this water is

• a vat of fermenting anchovy juice
• the Mediterranean
• the tears she cried while she was a giant
• the private sea of the Queen of Hearts

10. Alice meets up with an animal while swimming. This animal is

• a whale
• a mouse
• a cat
• a dog