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