SparkNotes: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass: Quiz

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1. From what is the Caterpillar in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland smoking?

(A) A pipe

(B) A hookah

(D) An apple core

2. Which character does Alice scare away with talk of her cat Dinah?

(A) The Mock Turtle

(B) The March Hare

(D) The Knave of Hearts

3. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which character serves as herald to the King and Queen of Hearts?

(A) The Gryphon

(B) The White Rabbit

(D) The Dormouse

4. Which character seems to have a fondness for treacle?

(A) The Dodo

(B) The Lory

(D) The Dormouse

5. Who has condemned the Mad Hatter to perpetual teatime?

(A) The Queen of Hearts

(B) Alice

(D) Time

6. How does Alice get to the great hallway lined with doors a second time?

(A) She walks through a door in a tree

(B) She crawls into a hole under the Mad Hatter’s table

(D) She walks backward

7. What is the Jabberwock?

(A) A killer shrimp

(B) A cousin of the Gryphon

(D) A fearsome monster

8. Which of the following characters is friendliest to Alice during her adventures?

(A) The White Rabbit

(B) The White Knight

(D) Humpty Dumpty

9. In what capacity does Alice enter the chess game in Through the Looking-Glass?

(A) She is an observer

(B) She is an official

(D) She is a Red Pawn

10. Which animal is not a character in either novel?

(A) An eaglet

(B) A goose

(D) A shark

11. What is the last thing that Alice sees the Mad Hatter and March Hare doing?

(A) Eating their plates

(B) Stuffing the Dormouse into the teapot

(D) Drinking tea and singing

12. On what does the Bread-and-butter-fly live?

(A) Mustard seed

(B) Weak tea with cream

(D) Vegemite

13. In total, how many queens are in both stories?

(A) 2

(B) 3

(D) 5

14. According to Alice, what is a common feature in the poetry in Through the Looking-Glass?

(A) Fish

(B) Hair

(D) Catnip

15. Which character cries most in the stories?

(A) The Mock Turtle

(B) The Gnat

(D) Alice

16. What is the last thing we see before the Cheshire Cat fades the first time?

(A) Its eyes

(B) Its tail

(D) It disappears entirely

17. What secret does the Gryphon reveal about the Queen of Hearts?

(A) She stole the tarts

(B) She never executes anyone

(D) She is a sweet woman underneath all the yelling

18. What piece of clothing does Alice fasten for the White Queen?

(A) Her cape

(B) Her crown

(D) Her buckles

19. Which two characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland reappear with different names in Through the Looking-Glass?

(A) The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon

(B) The Dodo and the Lory

(D) The Queen and King of Hearts

20. Which character takes Alice through the forest in Through the Looking-Glass?

(A) The Fawn

(B) The Gnat

(D) The Unicorn

21. Which flower first speaks to Alice in Through the Looking-Glass?

(A) The Rose

(B) The Tiger-lily

(D) The Daisies

22. What eventually stops Tweedledum and Tweedledee from quarreling?

(A) A loud crash

(B) A rabid dog

(D) A crow

23. Which character explains “Jabberwocky” to Alice?

(A) The Red Queen

(B) Tweedledee

(D) Humpty Dumpty

24. What does the White Knight consider (to be) his most clever invention? (this question is not discussed in detail in the summary)

(A) A new kind of helmet

(B) Domino’s Twisty Bread

(D) A way to prevent balding

25. According to the Cook in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, of what are tarts mostly made (what is the key ingredient in tarts)?

(A) Treacle

(B) Ox-tails

(D) Blotting paper