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