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Introduction:
"Lewis Carroll was an extraordinary person under his mundane exterior!"


1. What was Carroll's real name?
    Eric Blair
    Henry Vincent Yorke
    Mary Ann Evans
    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson


2. What were his vocations?
    quartermaster, clerk
    priest, tutor
    deacon, mathematician
    cricket coach, purser


3. What disorders did Carroll suffer from?
    asthma, erisipylas and migranes
    stammering, epilepsy, partial deafness and ADHD
    myopia, arthritis and Tourette's Syndrome
    St. Vitus' Dance, deafness and anemia


4. What was Carroll's hobby?
    yachting
    photography
    sculpting
    biking


5. Which of Carroll's living cards in "Wonderland" is always yelling, 'Off with his head!'?
    Queen of Spades
    King of Diamonds
    Knave of Clubs
    Queen of Hearts


6. Which character has the ability to vanish?
    Cheshire Cat
    Dormouse
    Unicorn
    Griffin


7. What is the name of Alice's kitten in the first book?
    Dinah
    Heathcliff
    Garfield
    Salem


8. What game did Carroll base his sequel, 'Through The Looking-Glass' on?
    parcheesi
    chess
    backgammon
    Chinese Checkers


9. Which character doesn't fit here?
    Tweedledee and Tweedledum
    Rumplestiltskin
    Humpty Dumpty
    Lion and Unicorn


10. Name the best known poem from 'Looking Glass'
    Father William
    Jabberwocky
    Twinkle, Twinkle
    Speak Roughly


11. Who was the first illustrator of the 'Alice' books?
    E.P. Shepard
    Lewis Carroll
    Merwyn Peake
    Edmund Dulac


12. Who never illustrated Carroll's works?
    Ralph Steadman
    Sir John Tenniel
    W.W. Denslow
    Arthur Rackham


13. Which poem of Carroll's includes a beaver among its characters?
    The Tale of the Bellman
    The Hunting of the Boojum
    The Hunting of the Snark
    The Beaver Hunt


14. What is the inscription on the Mad Hatter's hat?
    $1.95
    In this style 10-6
    Hands Off!
    This is a hat


15. What is the Mock Turtle's song?
    Soup, Glorious Soup
    A Cup of Chowder
    Your'e the Clam in my Chowder
    Beautiful Soup


16. And the seaside dance?
    Jellyfish Jamboree
    Lobster Quadrille
    Swordfish Samba
    Marlin Mambo


17. Who ate the oysters?
    Hare and Hatter
    Lion and Unicorn
    The Walrus and the Carpenter
    Tweedledee and Tweedledum


18. Which rule of the King of Heart's forbade 'any person over a mile high to enter the court'?
    Rule 33
    Rule 66
    Rule 57
    Rule 42


19. Who are the messengers in 'Looking Glass'?
    Walrus and Carpenter
    Hatta and Haigha
    Griffin and Mock Turtle
    Tweedledee and Tweedledum


20. Which novel took its title from 'Looking Glass'?
    Wool and Water
    Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
    Who Stole the Tarts?
    Mirror, Mirror


21. Which country did Carroll visit?
    France
    Russia
    Spain
    Portugal


22. True or false: Carroll based his Alice on a real person.
    True
    False


23. When did Carroll first tell his Alice story?
    June 4th, 1888
    July 4th, 1862
    August 9th, 1894
    November 22nd, 1904


24. What was the event where Carroll first told the story?
    train ride
    boating trip
    steamship voyage
    trolley ride


25. Which book doesn't belong here?
    Sylvie and Bruno
    Mischmasch
    Pillow Problems
    The Sword in the Stone


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