Alice Act 1

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Act 1

In Act 1, we briefly talked about the following:

• Characterization

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

What is characterization?

• Characterization is the process of analyzing the setting of a story or play.
• Characterization is the process of editing and revising a character in a story or play.
• Characterization is the process of summarizing the plot of a story or play.
• Characterization is the process of creating and developing a character in a story or play.

Multiple Choice

What is conflict in literature?

• Conflict in literature is the resolution or solution to a problem that drives the plot and creates tension between characters or forces.
• Conflict in literature is the absence of any struggle or problem, resulting in a flat and uninteresting plot.
• Conflict in literature is the struggle or problem that drives the plot and creates tension between characters or forces.

Answer the following Comprehension Questions

Multiple Choice

How does Alice get to Wonderland?

• by following a yellow brick road
• through a magic mirror
• falling down a rabbit hole
• by taking a spaceship

Multiple Choice

Who tells Alice about "the garden" she must find?

• The Cheshire Cat
• The White Rabbit
• The Mad Hatter
• The Queen of Hearts

Multiple Choice

Which character is hardly awake during the tea party?

• The Mad Hatter
• The Dormouse
• The March Hare
• Alice

Multiple Choice

The Duchess can be described as...

• awful

• interesting

• nice

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What does the Rabbit tell Alice that she has to get over?

• Feeling like she's getting old too fast

• Feeling like she should yell at people

• Feeling superior to authors

• Feeling good-for-nothing

Multiple Select

What kind of conflict does Alice experience in Wonderland?

• Man vs. Man (Creature)

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

Poll

Which character creates the MOST conflict for Alice?

• The Rabbit

• The Mad Hatter

• The Hare

Poll

Which character creates the LEAST conflict for Alice?

• The Duchess

• The Dormouse

• The Frog

The following slides will include passages from the play. Be sure to read closely.

Notice how the Rabbit and Alice interact in this page from page 5.

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Take Note:

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the interaction between Alice and the Rabbit? (The picture is the same from the last slide).

• The Rabbit is really nice to Alice

• Alice is being rude to the Rabbit

• The Rabbit it scolding Alice

• None of the above

There are lots of Victorian children's songs/rhymes in the play.

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Take Note:

Open Ended

Answer in 1 sentence:

how do you think the Rabbit is answering Alice's question?

Multiple Choice

On the left is the song the the Duchess sings as she is rough with her child. It is a parody of a poem written in the 1850s. See the actual version to the right.

What is likely a reason that the author uses this poem?

• He thought the poem was dumb so he changed the words

• He thought it was ironic that royalty liked the poem but treated their children as less than

• He thought it was ironic that someone would write such a nice poem about being nice to kids

• All of the above