--- title: Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books description: The 23 test and exam questions of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… # Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise) The 23 questions of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 128 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t1/) — Ella: «Alice told them she'd scoffed loads of lobster, I'm dead.» (scoffed = eaten greedily; I'm dead = so funny) Put it right. — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t2/) — What would happen to lobsters in a real Lobster Quadrille, if it were done as the creatures describe? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t3/) — Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, sweet as.» (togs = swimming costume; sweet as = great) What does the book say about the dancing? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t4/) — «Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.» What is the whiting trying to do? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t5/) — Why does Alice check herself at «dinn—»? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t6/) — «They have their tails in their mouths» — why did Alice think this? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t7/) — Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Gryphon's explanation of the whiting's tail is a real fact about fish.» — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t8/) — Max, chuffed: «the Gryphon said shoes under the sea are made of soles and heels.» What did he really say, and what's the joke? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t9/) — «Whiting» does the boots and shoes. Which two meanings of «whiting» make the joke? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t10/) — «I mean what I say,» says the Mock Turtle, offended. What is funny about this? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t11/) — Looking back: at the tea-party, who told Alice «Then you should say what you mean»? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t12/) — Looking back: in chapter II, Alice upset the Mouse again and again. What did she keep talking about? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t13/) — Looking back: in chapter III, the birds all hurried off. What had Alice said? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t14/) — Looking back: how has Alice changed, from the Mouse in chapter II to the Mock Turtle in chapter X? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t15/) — Looking back: in chapter II, why did Alice think the Mouse might be French? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t16/) — Looking back: in chapter II, what did Alice believe you always find at the English seaside? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t17/) — ★★★ Count the steps the creatures shout out: advance twice, set to partners, change lobsters, retire, throw the lobsters, swim after them, somersault, change lobsters again, back to land. How many times do you «change lobsters»? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t18/) — ★★★ «Porpoise» and «purpose», «soles» and «souls», «whiting» and «whitening». Which of these pairs is NOT used as a joke in this part? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/t19/) — ★★★ «The further off from England the nearer is to France.» When is this true? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/e1/) — Identify the action which the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon describe as constituting a principal step of the Lobster Quadrille. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/e2/) — It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eating of sea creatures and desisted. Select the response which most accurately characterises her reason. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/e3/) — Ascertain the cause assigned by the Gryphon for the whiting's tail being found in its mouth. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/e4/) — Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the snail in the Mock Turtle's song? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [18. Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Moc…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/) - next →: [20. Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobs…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/)