Question 1-9
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 names. It was under the name Lewis Carroll that Dodgson published the children's books Alice's Adventure 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 book 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.
Dodgson graduated with honors from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1854 and the 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 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 Dodgson's work for children using the name Lewis Carroll, but they demonstrate a solid body of well- regarded academic material.
1. The topic of this passage is
A. the works of Lewis Carroll
B. Charles Dodgson and Euclid
C. the story of Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
D. Dodgson and Carroll: mathematics and children's stories
2. According to the passage, Dodgson
A. did not use his given name on his stories for children
B. used the same name on all his published works
C. used the name Carroll on his mathematical works
D. used a pseudonym for the work about the courtroom trial
3. Which of the following is true, according to the passage?
A. "Lewis" is a Latin name.
B. "Lutwidge" is part of Dodgson's pseudonym.
C. "Carolus" is the Latin version of the name "Charles".
D. "Ludovicus" is part of Dodgson's given name
4. It is NOT stated in the passage that Dodgson
A. attended Christ Church, Oxford
B. studied children's literature
C. was an outstanding student
D. was a published author of academia works
5. What is stated in the passage about the work Formulae of Plane Trigonometry?
A. It portrayed mathematics in a creative way.
B. It was written by Euclid.
C. It was published in 1860.
D. It was one of the texts that Dodgson studied at Oxford.
6. All of the following are stated in the passage about the work Euclid and His Modern Rivals EXCEPT that
A. it was published in 1879
B. it was a highly creative work
C. it described an actual trial in which Euclid participated
D. it described a trial in which "Euclid-wreakers" were found guilty
7. The passage indicates that which of the following works was about Euclid?
A. A syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry
B. Formulae of Plane Trigonometry
C. A Guide for the Mathematical Student
D. Curiosa Mathematica
8. The pronoun "they" in line 22 refers to
A. parallel lines
B. these academic works
C. Dodgson's works for children
D. children
9. What is stated in the passage about Dodgson's academic works?
A. They are all about Euclid.
B. They had an impact on his works for children.
C. They were published under the name Lewis Carroll.
D. They were well received in academic world.
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