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Questions for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Be sure to use supportive examples in your answers.
1. Who was Lewis Carroll, and why did he write this book (it wasn’t to make money)?
2. Who was the real Alice?
3. When and where was the book first published?
4. What are the “wells of fancy” in the opening poem?
5. What is the point-of-view? Give three examples from the first chapter to illustrate.
6. What is Alice proud of in her life?
7. How would you characterize Alice’s education?
8. What sorts of impossibilities does Alice get used to in Chapter One?
9. In the last part of Chapter II, why is the mouse so angry at Alice?
10. At the beginning of Chapter IV, why does the White Rabbit call Alice “Mary Ann”?
11. In Chapter IV, Alice says, “It was much pleasanter at home.” But she does not want to go home. Why not?
12. In Chapter V, why does Alice get so irritated with the Caterpillar?
13. A lot of characters get annoyed in the book. Describe the source of the annoyance for three of them.
14. Alice is often offended by bad manners she encounters. What are three examples?
15. Throughout the Mad Tea-Party, Alice wants logical answers to questions or she demands reasonableness. She seldom gets either. What are three examples?
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Near the beginning of Chapter XI, the narrator tells us to look at the frontispiece. What is that and why should we look at it?
