DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE

Once you read chapter 1 , answer the following questions.

1. Define the following literary devices, and identify examples of them in the text:

• personification

• irony

• satire

• figurative Verse

· Parody

2. Anthropomorphism is a literary device in which animals or inanimate objects are

portrayed in a story as people, such as by walking and talking or being given human-like
facial features. In what three ways is the rabbit with pink eyes an example of this in
Chapter One.

3. Describe the setting of the story as Chapter One begins.

4. Sometimes English expressions make little sense to a person learning the language.
An example of such an expression is found in this chapter: burning with curiosity. In
actual fact we know that Alice is not really on fire. What is the author really saying?

5. Considering that Alice has fallen asleep and is dreaming, how can her plunge down
the rabbit-hole be understood metaphorically? What might the fall represent?

6. When Alice falls into the rabbit hole she finds she has plenty of time to look about her
and decides that the hole is either very deep or she is falling very slowly. What clue do
we have in the story which supports one of these two possibilities?

7. After arriving safely at the bottom of the hole, Alice found a golden key sitting on a
table made of glass. When she opened the tiny door with this key, what unusual sight did
she see on the other side of the door?

8. What happened to Alice when she drank from the bottle?

9. What still prevented her from going through the tiny door?

10. What literary device is employed by the author when he describes the rabbit?

Chapter 2: The Pool of Tears

1. Why does Alice think she will have to send a present to her feet?

2. What is the white rabbit doing when Alice sees him?

3. Who does Alice think she has become? What makes her think this is true?

4. What does Alice do that makes her notice she is shrinking again? What causes her to
shrink this time?

5. Whom does Alice meet when she is swimming? How many languages does she try
to communicate? What does he tell her?

6. Who else does Alice see when she is swimming to shore?

7. Based on what has happened to Alice in these chapters, what do you think Lewis
Carroll is trying to tell us about dreams?

8. Which forms of figurative speech does the author use in this chapter…

a) Alice cried “gallons of tears”

b) “That was a narrow escape”

c) “Her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! She was up to her chin
in salt water”

Chapter 3: A caucus-race and a long tale

1. How did the Dodo help everyone get dry?

2. Why wasn't the Mouse able to help the others get dry?
3. What does Alice give as prizes?
4. Why was the thimble prize not really a prize for Alice?
5. Why does the Mouse get angry with Alice?
6. What's the significance of the words "tail/tale" and "not/knot"?
 Chapter 4: The rabbit sends in a little bill

1. How did Alice grow so big again?

2. Who did the White Rabbit confuse Alice with?
3. What did Alice have to fetch for the White Rabbit?
4. Why did the animals rush at Alice when she came out of the house?
5. What surprised Alice when she looked upon the mushroom?
6. What did the animals do to help Alice shrink?
7. How did Alice distract the puppy she came across?

Chapter 5: Advice from a Caterpillar

1. What does the caterpillar have atop the mushroom?

2. What is the first question the Caterpillar asks?
3. What is the title of the poem Alice recites?
4. How large is the Caterpillar?
5. Why did the Caterpillar think Alice is the right size?
6. What did Alice find in the forest?
7. Why did she eat more mushrooms before she went up to the house?

Chapter 6: Pig and Pepper

1. What animals are the footmen?

2. What is the cook putting in the soup?
3. What was strange about the cat?
4. Where did the duchess go?
5. What did Alice do with the baby?
6. Where did Alice decide to go at the end of the chapter?