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Books Quiz - Author - Lewis Carroll (Questions)

Step through the looking-glass into Lewis Carroll’s curious worlds. Test how well you know his puzzles, characters and wonderfully odd stories.

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Fascinating Fact:

Carroll also wrote poems such as Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark, famous for inventive language.

In Specialist Books, this quiz looks at Lewis Carroll, best known for Alice’s adventures. You will meet curious creatures, twisting wordplay and stories that delight both children and adults.

Key Terms

Nonsense literature: Writing that plays with logic and meaning to create absurd, funny or dreamlike scenes.
Wordplay: Clever use of words, puns and double meanings to create humour or surprise.
Narrator: The voice that tells the story to the reader, inside or outside the events.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

Who was Lewis Carroll and what did he write?

Lewis Carroll was an English writer and mathematician best known for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, along with many poems and short pieces.

Why is Lewis Carroll important in English literature?

Carroll is important because he mixed fantasy, logic and wordplay in new ways, influencing children’s books, fantasy fiction and even how writers think about language.

Is Lewis Carroll’s writing still enjoyable for modern readers?

Yes. Many readers still enjoy his books because the characters are vivid, the jokes are playful and the strange worlds feel fresh, even more than a century later.

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What was Carroll's real name?

[ ]	Charles Lutwidge Dodge
[ ]	Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
[ ]	Charles Lutwidge Hodge
[ ]	Charles Lutwidge Hodgson

What is the title of Carroll's 1876 'nonsense' poem?

[ ]	The Hunting of the Nark
[ ]	The Hunting of the Quark
[ ]	The Hunting of the Snark
[ ]	The Hunting of the Zark

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, what is the price on the Mad Hatter's hat?

[ ]	Five shillings
[ ]	Five shillings and sixpence
[ ]	Ten shillings
[ ]	Ten shillings and sixpence

In the poem Jabberwocky, where do the slithy toves gyre and gimble?

[ ]	In the flabe
[ ]	In the grabe
[ ]	In the snabe
[ ]	In the wabe

Who did the original illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass?

[ ]	John Tennent
[ ]	John Tenniel
[ ]	John Tennyson
[ ]	John Trevelyan

The 1872 book Through the Looking-Glass is loosely based on which board game?

[ ]	Chess
[ ]	Draughts
[ ]	Ludo
[ ]	Snakes and ladders

What is the name of Alice's cat in both Alice books?

[ ]	Daphne
[ ]	Diana
[ ]	Dinah
[ ]	Dorothy

Which word game is Carroll thought to have invented?

[ ]	Word Association
[ ]	Word Ladder
[ ]	Word Search
[ ]	Word Square

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which character gradually disappears until only its grin remains?

[ ]	The Caterpillar
[ ]	The Cheshire Cat
[ ]	The Dodo
[ ]	The Mock Turtle

10.

In Through the Looking-Glass, from whom is Alice rescued by the White Knight?

[ ]	The Black Knight
[ ]	The Dark and Stormy Knight
[ ]	The Green Knight
[ ]	The Red Knight

Books Quiz - Author - Lewis Carroll (Answers)

What was Carroll's real name?

[ ]	Charles Lutwidge Dodge
[x]	Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
[ ]	Charles Lutwidge Hodge
[ ]	Charles Lutwidge Hodgson

His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were also called Charles Dodgson

What is the title of Carroll's 1876 'nonsense' poem?

[ ]	The Hunting of the Nark
[ ]	The Hunting of the Quark
[x]	The Hunting of the Snark
[ ]	The Hunting of the Zark

The Hunting of the Snark is a long poem. It contains almost 4,500 words!

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, what is the price on the Mad Hatter's hat?

[ ]	Five shillings
[ ]	Five shillings and sixpence
[ ]	Ten shillings
[x]	Ten shillings and sixpence

That's how much the hat would have been worth at the time

In the poem Jabberwocky, where do the slithy toves gyre and gimble?

[ ]	In the flabe
[ ]	In the grabe
[ ]	In the snabe
[x]	In the wabe

The first verse of the poem goes:

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Who did the original illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass?

[ ]	John Tennent
[x]	John Tenniel
[ ]	John Tennyson
[ ]	John Trevelyan

He also drew many cartoons for Punch magazine

The 1872 book Through the Looking-Glass is loosely based on which board game?

[x]	Chess
[ ]	Draughts
[ ]	Ludo
[ ]	Snakes and ladders

Alice represents a pawn

What is the name of Alice's cat in both Alice books?

[ ]	Daphne
[ ]	Diana
[x]	Dinah
[ ]	Dorothy

Alice talks to the inhabitants of Wonderland about Dinah. In one scene she makes them uncomfortable by describing Dinah's ability to hunt

Which word game is Carroll thought to have invented?

[ ]	Word Association
[x]	Word Ladder
[ ]	Word Search
[ ]	Word Square

A 'start word' must be changed into an 'end word', by a series of clearly defined steps