Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Exam Questons

Who was the "original" illustrator for Alice in Wonderland?
Tenniel

What is the last word in Beauty and the Beast?
virtue

Who wins after death?
worms/art

Oscar Wilde said "life imitates _____"
art

5 themes of class:
myth, history, dreams, coincidence, art

Who does the white knight represent?
Lewis Carroll

How doth the little busy bee?
How doth the crocodile

What beautiful food does the Mock Turtle sing about?
soup

Why is a raven like a writing desk?
I haven't the slightest idea

According to Talbot, after Shakespeare ________ is the most quoted writer.
Carrol

__________________ is a personalized _______________ and ________________ is a depersonalized ___________________.
dream, myth, myth, dream.

Humpty Dumpty Portmanteau

Who is the rudest flower?
The violet

ANIMA - in-souled - animal

Who is the volcano in Through the Looking-glass?
Alice

Where does Alice live?
The collective unconscious

the first time Alice drinks, how tall is she?
10"

What is the deleted chapter from Alice?
Wasp and the Wig

How does Alice offend the mouse?
CATS

During the protestant reformation, what was the purpose of children's lit?
instill moral values

What language was the first American Bible in?
Algonquin

What pre-Darwin animal sparked curiosity in child lit?
Mammoth and Moneys

What invention helped with the Protestant Reformation?
Printing-Press

Mercury makes the Mad-Hatter mad is what?
misplaced concreteness

Make an anagram

What does the white rabbit drop?
white gloves and a fan

Beauty's tears turn into _________ in Jean Cocteau's B&b
diamonds

When reading the story trust the _____________ and not eht ___________
tale , teller

Lewis Carrol's nickname inspired what character?
Dodo

What rhetorical device is "I'm interested because I'm interesting"
tautology

In film, Goody two shoes is emblem of _________________ which adult lack
perfection

What part of the dream are tewwdle-dee and dum?
ditto, ditto, ditto

why do the walrus and carpenter weep?
sand

Who was the most prolific serial killer in 19th cent. Britain?
Mary Anne Cotton

What ghosts help narrate Sunderland?
The White Lady and Cyd James

Jabberwocky based on what folklore?
Lampton Worm

Last line of Alice
Life, what is it but a dream?

acrostic
Alice Pleasance Liddel

All art aspires to music

The text informs reality

Tweedledee/dum says "contrariwise"

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