Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - Quiz
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  • 1. Who is the author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
A) Mark Twain
B) Lewis Carroll
C) Charles Dickens
D) Jane Austen
  • 2. What is the title of the sequel to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
A) Through the Looking-Glass
B) Peter Pan
C) Pride and Prejudice
D) The Wizard of Oz
  • 3. In the story, which character is always late?
A) The White Rabbit
B) The Queen of Hearts
C) The Cheshire Cat
D) The Mad Hatter
  • 4. Which character teaches Alice about the strange game of croquet with flamingos?
A) The Cheshire Cat
B) The Mad Hatter
C) The Queen of Hearts
D) The Mock Turtle
  • 5. Who hosts a tea party where the Hatter and the March Hare are in attendance?
A) The White Rabbit
B) The Queen of Hearts
C) The Caterpillar
D) The Mad Hatter
  • 6. What is the Queen of Hearts' favorite phrase?
A) Off with their heads!
B) We're all mad here!
C) Curiouser and curiouser!
D) Let them eat cake!
  • 7. Who is constantly grinning and can disappear and reappear at will?
A) The Cheshire Cat
B) The White Rabbit
C) The Queen of Hearts
D) The Mad Hatter
  • 8. What does the Queen of Hearts use as a hedge maze in her garden?
A) Chess pieces
B) Tea cups
C) Playing cards
D) Roses
  • 9. What is the original title of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
A) Through the Looking-Glass
B) The Nursery Alice
C) Alice's Adventures Under Ground
D) Wonderland Tales
  • 10. In what year was 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' first published?
A) 1856
B) 1871
C) 1890
D) 1865
  • 11. What is the name of the girl who inspired Alice Liddell?
A) Alice Pleasance Liddell
B) Prima
C) Lorina Charlotte Liddell
D) Edith Mary Liddell
  • 12. How many wood-engraved illustrations did John Tenniel provide for the book?
A) 42
B) 30
C) 25
D) 50
  • 13. What genre is 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' considered an example of?
A) Mystery
B) Science fiction
C) Literary nonsense
D) Romance
  • 14. Who did Lewis Carroll row with on the river Isis on 4 July 1862?
A) Henry Liddell
B) The Reverend Robinson Duckworth
C) John Tenniel
D) Charles Dodgson
  • 15. How many daughters of Henry Liddell were with Carroll on the river trip?
A) One
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 16. What was the weather like in Oxford on 4 July 1862, according to some scholars?
A) Cool and rather wet
B) Snowy
C) Stormy
D) Sunny and warm
  • 17. What did Alice Liddell ask Carroll to do after the river trip?
A) Draw a picture of the journey
B) Take more photographs
C) Sing the story to her again
D) Write down the story he told her
  • 18. In what year was 'The Nursery Alice' published?
A) 1865
B) 1885
C) 1871
D) 1890
  • 19. How many languages has 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' been translated into?
A) 200
B) 174
C) 100
D) 150
  • 20. What was the name of the boat trip that inspired Carroll to write 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground'?
A) Down the Thames River
B) Along the Seine
C) Across the Lake District
D) Up the river Isis
  • 21. What was Alice Liddell's nickname in the book's prefatory verse?
A) Secunda
B) Quarta
C) Tertia
D) Prima
  • 22. Who did Carroll parody in his work 'Alice Gray'?
A) William Mee
B) Charles Dickens
C) John Tenniel
D) Lewis Carroll himself
  • 23. What happened to the earliest version of 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground'?
A) It was published in 1863
B) It became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
C) It is lost
D) It was illustrated by John Tenniel
  • 24. Who suggested that Carroll should publish 'Alice'?
A) The British Library
B) John Tenniel
C) MacDonald's family
D) Lewis Carroll himself
  • 25. Who did Lewis Carroll approach for professional illustrations?
A) Alice Liddell
B) John Tenniel, a Punch cartoonist
C) George MacDonald
D) The children of George MacDonald
  • 26. Where is the only known manuscript copy of 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground' held?
A) In the British Library
B) In a private collection
C) At Oxford University
D) With Alice Liddell's descendants
  • 27. When did Carroll receive a specimen page of the print edition?
A) On 26 November 1864
B) In 1886
C) On 2 July 1863
D) On 9 May 1863
  • 28. What year did Macmillan publish a facsimile of 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground'?
A) 1864
B) 1875
C) 1886
D) 1863
  • 29. What does Alice drink that causes her to shrink?
A) From the cake labelled 'Eat me'
B) From the bottle labelled 'Drink me'
C) From the Caterpillar's hookah
D) From a teacup at the tea party
  • 30. What causes Alice to grow to an enormous size?
A) Eating the cake labelled 'Eat me'
B) Biting into the mushroom
C) Drinking from a bottle
D) Crying in her own tears
  • 31. What type of race do Alice and the animals participate in?
A) A Caucus Race
B) A croquet game
C) A tea party
D) The Lobster Quadrille
  • 32. Which character in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is a parody of Robert Southey's work?
A) 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat'
B) 'The Queen of Hearts'
C) 'How Doth the Little Crocodile'
D) 'You Are Old, Father William'
  • 33. Who is suggested to be represented by the Hatter?
A) Benjamin Disraeli
B) John Ruskin
C) Lewis Carroll
D) Theophilus Carter
  • 34. Which poem parodies Isaac Watts's 'Against Idleness and Mischief'?
A) 'You Are Old, Father William'
B) 'All in the golden afternoon...'
C) 'The Mouse's Tale'
D) 'How Doth the Little Crocodile'
  • 35. Which city features an Alice in Wonderland statue located in a park?
A) Warrington
B) Daresbury, Cheshire
C) New York, Central Park
D) Adelaide, Rymill Park
  • 36. What does Wonderland symbolize in the interpretation by Morton N. Cohen?
A) London
B) Manchester
C) Oxford
D) Cambridge
  • 37. What did the protagonist of 'Alice in Wonderland' become recognized as?
A) A cultural icon
B) A historical person
C) An educational figure
D) A minor character
  • 38. Which country published 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' as 'Le Avventure di Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie'?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Sweden
D) Italy
  • 39. 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster' is a parody of which work?
A) 'Against Idleness and Mischief' by Isaac Watts
B) 'Star of the Evening, Beautiful Star' by James M. Sayles
C) 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' by Jane Taylor
D) 'The Sluggard' by Isaac Watts
  • 40. Which author's work does Joe Sommerlad suggest owes a debt to the 'Drink Me' episode in Alice?
A) Roald Dahl
B) Dr. Seuss
C) Douglas Adams
D) J.K. Rowling
  • 41. In which year did the Royal Mail issue a series of UK postage stamps featuring Alice characters?
A) 2021
B) 1866
C) 1932
D) 2015
  • 42. What is 'The Mouse's Tale' an example of?
A) A song
B) A parody of a nursery rhyme
C) Concrete poetry
D) An actual nursery rhyme
  • 43. Who is caricatured as the 'Man in White Paper'?
A) Benjamin Disraeli
B) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
C) John Ruskin
D) Theophilus Carter
  • 44. How many illustrations did Carroll add to the manuscript?
A) 50
B) 37
C) 42
D) 22
  • 45. Who illustrated the edition of Alice that won the Kurt Maschler Award in 1999?
A) Helen Oxenbury
B) Anthony Browne
C) E. L. Kearney
D) Alice Gerstenberg
  • 46. What type of book did Lewis Carroll deny writing for Queen Victoria?
A) A mathematical treatise
B) A biography
C) Another fantasy novel
D) A children's story
  • 47. Who purchased Carroll's manuscript of 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground' at Sotheby's in 1928?
A) Anni Swan
B) Philip Rosenbach
C) Lewis Carroll
D) Martin Gardner
  • 48. Who provided illustrations for a new edition of the novel to mark Tenniel's 200th anniversary?
A) John Tenniel
B) Lewis Carroll
C) Chris Riddell
D) Harry Theaker
  • 49. In which year was 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' first published in German?
A) 1869
B) 1872
C) 1886
D) 1871
  • 50. Which character refers to the Liddell sisters as Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie?
A) The Dormouse
B) The Hatter
C) The Mock Turtle
D) The White Rabbit
  • 51. What was the reaction from critics and readers to Tenniel’s illustrations?
A) They were largely ignored.
B) The praise was unanimous.
C) They were criticized for being too simplistic.
D) They received mixed reviews.
  • 52. Which illustrator provided illustrations for Alice in 1969 along with Graham Overden?
A) Charles Pears
B) Peter Blake
C) Mervyn Peake
D) Salvador Dalí
  • 53. In what year was the manuscript of 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground' presented to the British Library?
A) 1907
B) 1890
C) After 1928
D) 1960
  • 54. Who published a special edition titled 'The Annotated Alice' in 1960?
A) Philip Rosenbach
B) Mrs J. C. Gorham
C) Martin Gardner
D) Lewis Carroll
  • 55. Who translated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland into Swedish?
A) Anni Swan
B) Emily Nonnen
C) Antonie Zimmermann
D) Teodorico Pietrocòla Rossetti
  • 56. Which composer released songs from the 1992 musical 'Alice' as an album?
A) Paul Schmidt
B) Kathleen Brennan
C) John Lennon
D) Tom Waits
  • 57. Who composed an Alice-themed ballet for the London Festival Ballet in 1953?
A) Philip Glass
B) Joseph Horovitz
C) Christopher Wheeldon
D) Gerald Barry
  • 58. Which Argentine prog-rock band used Alice as a metaphor?
A) Enanitos Verdes
B) Soda Stereo
C) Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
D) Seru Giran
  • 59. What does Daniel Bivona suggest characterizes Alice in Wonderland?
A) Unpredictable characters
B) Chaotic environments
C) Gamelike social structures
D) Strict rules
  • 60. What did John Lennon attribute to his reading of Carroll's books?
A) The melody for 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'
B) The song's fantastical imagery
C) His interest in psychedelic music
D) The decision to join The Beatles
  • 61. What was the sale price of Alice Liddell's own copy at auction in 2009?
A) $1.54 million
B) $15,400
C) $115,000
D) Not specified
  • 62. Where can you find the Alice in Wonderland: coloured lantern slides from 1910-1919?
A) Project Gutenberg
B) Royal Mail
C) Archival materials collection
D) Indiana University Digital Library
  • 63. Which Japanese fashion style was inspired by Alice?
A) Harajuku fashion
B) Gothic Lolita
C) Kawaii fashion
D) Lolita fashion
  • 64. 'The Queen of Hearts' in the book is what type of rhyme?
A) A parody of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'
B) A parody of 'Star of the Evening, Beautiful Star'
C) An actual nursery rhyme
D) A parody of 'The Spider and the Fly'
  • 65. 'Speak roughly to your little boy...' is a parody of which work?
A) 'The Spider and the Fly' by Mary Botham Howitt
B) 'Star of the Evening, Beautiful Star' by James M. Sayles
C) 'Speak Gently' by David Bates
D) 'Against Idleness and Mischief' by Isaac Watts
  • 66. In what year was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland first published in Esperanto?
A) 1906
B) 1928
C) 1910
D) 1899
  • 67. 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat' is a parody of which nursery rhyme?
A) 'Star of the Evening, Beautiful Star'
B) 'Against Idleness and Mischief'
C) 'The Sluggard'
D) 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'
  • 68. In what year was 'Alice in Wonderland' named among the icons of England?
A) 2006
B) 1999
C) 1985
D) 2014
  • 69. Who translated the French version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
A) Teodorico Pietrocòla Rossetti
B) Emily Nonnen
C) Antonie Zimmermann
D) Henri Bué
  • 70. Which publishing house sold the text blocks of the original edition with Carroll's permission?
A) Richard Clay
B) Alexander Macmillan
C) Macmillan Publishers
D) D. Appleton & Company
  • 71. Who played multiple roles in Elizabeth Swados' 'Alice in Concert'?
A) Mark Linn-Baker
B) Debbie Allen
C) Meryl Streep
D) Michael Jeter
  • 72. Who was personally selected by Lewis Carroll to play Alice in the first major production?
A) Olivia de Havilland
B) Meryl Streep
C) Twelve-year-old actress Phoebe Carlo
D) Isa Bowman
  • 73. What year did Alice Gerstenberg's stage adaptation premiere?
A) 1999
B) 1915
C) 1928
D) 1905
  • 74. Which character is associated with a caricature resembling William Ewart Gladstone?
A) The Unicorn
B) The Hatter
C) The Dodo
D) The Mock Turtle
  • 75. In what year did Eva Le Gallienne's stage adaptation of the Alice books premiere?
A) 1947
B) 1980
C) 1956
D) 1932
  • 76. Which country published 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' as 'Liisan seikkailut ihmemaailmassa'?
A) Sweden
B) Italy
C) Finland
D) France
  • 77. What was Tenniel dissatisfied with regarding the 1865 published version?
A) The printing quality.
B) The book's cover design.
C) The storyline.
D) The illustrations themselves.
  • 78. Which translator worked on the Italian version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
A) Teodorico Pietrocòla Rossetti
B) Antonie Zimmermann
C) Henri Bué
D) Emily Nonnen
  • 79. What is missing from Alice's recitation of Latin declensions?
A) The nominative case, mus.
B) The ablative case, mure.
C) The dative case, muri.
D) The genitive case, muris.
  • 80. What was the date on the title page of the Appleton Alice?
A) 1866
B) 1865
C) December 1864
D) November 1865
  • 81. What did Lewis Carroll request for the binding of the new edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
A) No specific color.
B) A red binding.
C) A blue binding.
D) A green binding.
  • 82. What did Queen Victoria allegedly ask Lewis Carroll after reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
A) To write a sequel to Alice.
B) To publish more children's books.
C) To illustrate another book.
D) For his next book.
  • 83. Why did Alice trust the instructions on the bottle labeled 'drink me'?
A) She trusted all labels.
B) She wanted to grow smaller.
C) She recalled that children who do not follow rules often meet terrible fates.
D) She was curious about its effects.
  • 84. In what year did the copyright on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland expire in the UK?
A) 1928
B) 1907
C) 1915
D) 1960
  • 85. How many first edition copies of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are known to exist?
A) 37
B) 50
C) 42
D) 22
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