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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is perhaps not a name that is universally recognized, but Dodgson did achieve enormous success under the (pseudonym) Lewis Carroll. He created this pseudonym from the Latinization, Carolus Ludovicus, of his real given name. It was under the name Lewis Carroll that Dodgson
published the children’s books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking Glass (1872). Though Dodgson achieved this success in children’s literature, he was not an author of children’s books by training or profession. His education and chosen field of pursuit were far
removed from the field of children’s literature and were instead focused on theoretical mathematics.
Dodson graduated with honors from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1854 and then embarked on a career in the world of academia. He worked as a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford and, later in his career, published a number of theoretical works on mathematics under his own name rather than under the pseudonym that he used for his children’s stories. He produced a number of texts for students, such as A Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry (1860), Formulae of Plane Trigonometry (1861), which was notable for the creativity of the symbols that he used to express trigonometric functions such as sine and cosine, and A Guide for the Mathematical Student (1866). In a number of more esoteric works, he championed the principles of Euclid; in Euclid and his Modern Rivals (1879), he presented his ideas on the superiority of Euclid over rival mathematicians in a highly imaginative fashion, by devising a courtroom trial of anti-Euclid mathematicians that he named “Euclid-wreakers” and ultimately finding
the defendants guilty as charged. Curiosa Mathematica(1888-1893) made a further defense of Euclid’s work, focusing on Euclid’s definition of parallel lines. These academic works never had the universal impact of Dogson’s works for children using the name Lewis Carroll, but (they) demonstrate a solid body
of well-regarded academic material.
Question 43: The word “pseudonym” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to ___________.
A. real name B. family name C. pen pal D. pen name
Question 44: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to____________.
A. Dodgson’s works for children B. children
C. these academic works D. parallel lines
Question 45: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. The works of Lewis Carroll
B. Dodgson and Carroll: Mathematics and Children’s Stories
C. Charles Dodgson and Euclid
D. The Story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Question 46: According to the passage, Dodgson__________.
A. used the same name on all his published works
B. used a pseudonym for the work about courtroom trial
C. did not use his given name on his stories for children
D. used the name Carroll on his mathematic works
Question 47: Which of the following is NOT TRUE, according to the passage?
A. Dodgson was an outstanding student.
B. Dodgson attended Christ Church, Oxford.
C. Dodgson was a published author of academic works.
D. Dodgson studied children’s literature.
1 D
2 C
3 B
4 C
5 D