Question

1 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

5 "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
10 Long time the manxome foe he sought,
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
15 Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
20 He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

25 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Based on the poem, which phrase BEST describes the Jabberwock?

A) a family pet
B) a scary monster
C) a sluggish slime
D) a friendly creature

Answer 1

In stanza 2 of the poem, the father provides a warning to Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! which helps readers to recognize that the Jabberwock must be a scary monster. The author is not specific enough to identify the Jabberwock with greater accuracy.

Answer 2

I would say B, a scary monster. The son was warned about the Jabberwock and it was slain.