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the question on the multiple choice in "Well of Lost Plots", Who said "When she appeared, it was as though spring had finally arrived after a miserable winter"?, is this line in the movie "Chocolat"?
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
(I was covering my ignorance too. I just thought that since it's a Jurisfiction test, it is more likely to be a book than a film. Of course there are no guarantees with Jasper....)
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
If people want to go over to the WOLP site, I've bumped the "Help. Entrance Exam" discussion to the top (or April 16, anyway).
There you will find our past ruminations on this question; of which ruminations I'm sure all will agree that my own is the most ruminant, finding -as it does- a reference for a completely different quote in lieu of the one in question.
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
And I'm surprised to find that almost the exact same comment was made about Wodehouse and Jeeves, and I made almost exactly the same response about Bertie Wooster's intelligence, almost exactly a year ago. Thanks for bringing it up, Robert!