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The Mad Hatter appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

Author - Lewis Carroll

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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1 .

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

John Tennent

John Tenniel

John Tennyson

John Trevelyan

He also drew many cartoons for Punch magazine

2 .

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

Daphne

Diana

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

3 .

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

The Red Knight tries to capture Alice for the Red side, but the White Knight suddenly appears and exclaims that he has rescued her. They decide to fight over her whilst sticking to the peculiar "Rules of Battle" in Looking-Glass Land

4 .

Which word game is Carroll thought to have invented?

Word Association

Word Ladder

Word Search

Word Square

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

5 .

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

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

6 .

What was Carroll's real name?

Charles Lutwidge Dodge

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Charles Lutwidge Hodge

Charles Lutwidge Hodgson

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

7 .

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

Chess

Draughts

Ludo

Snakes and ladders

Alice represents a pawn

8 .

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

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

9 .

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

Carroll based some of his characters on well-known phrases. The Cheshire Cat comes from the phrase "He grinned like a Cheshire cat" and the Mad Hatter comes from "As mad as a hatter"

10 .

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

In the flabe

In the grabe

In the snabe

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.

Author: Tony Rennick (Art and Literature Critic)