Sunday, October 18, 2009
Reading Review
Reading Review
Alice in Wonderland Chapters 1 & 2
Directions: Answer questions one and two in the spaces provided. Answer questions 3-5 and the extra credit on a loose-leaf paper. You may use your book. Make sure you capitalize correctly (minus half-point per question). Each question is worth two points.
- What are the four stages of Alice's fall down the rabbit hole? What does she see, think, and say at each stage of the journey? (p. 7-9) Fill out the graphic organizer below:
| | What Alice saw there | What Alice said there | What Alice thought there |
| Reality | | - that the book her sister was reading had no pictures or conversations | |
| Elements of Reality | | | - wished the fall would end |
| Daydream | - dreaming, Alice is with her cat | | |
| Wonderland | | | |
- The environment changes as Alice interacts with it. List the actions Alice takes as well as the effect on the setting:
| Page | Alice's Action | Effect on the setting |
| p. 10 | Alice tried to open every door in the long hallway, but all of them were locked. | |
| p. 10 | | Alice noticed a low curtain, behind which was a very small door. |
| p. 11-12 | | |
| p. 14-15 | | She finds that a small box with a cake in it has appeared, and it has the words “Eat Me” written on it. |
| p. 17, 22 | | |
Directions: Remember to take out that loose-leaf paper now!
- How does Alice intend to solve the puzzle of “Who in the world am I?” (p. 19)
- How does Alice test her theory that she has turned into Mabel? (p. 20)
- What is the contradiction inherent in the Victorian idea of childhood? (Look back to assignment on Victorian Childhood)
“On the one hand the child was the source of hope, of virtue, or emotion: along with the angelic wife, he was the repository of family values which seemed otherwise to be disappearing from an increasingly secular world.... But at the same time, and of course much less obviously, the child was a hardship, an obstacle to adult pleasure, and a reminder of one's baser self. He might be innocent, untainted by sexual knowledge, uncorrupted by the world of business, free from the agony of religious doubt; yet he was also potentially wicked and needed constant guidance and discipline.”
LuAnn Walthe ("The Victorian Invention of Childhood")
Extra Credit: How does Alice embody the Victorian notion of childhood? Use examples from the text to support your point. (2 points)
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