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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gulliver tells the emperor to keep the gunpowder away from what?
(a) fire
(b) water
(c) the castle
(d) children

2. Due to trade and the fact that many of the people send their children to the opposite island to become more worldly, what does Gulliver say happens?
(a) Most people have houses on each island
(b) Most people know both languages
(c) Most people have relatives on each island
(d) Most people spend six months on one island and then six months on the other.

3. Gulliver tells the emperor that he will never do what?
(a) help to place the people in slavery
(b) help jail the innocent
(c) help the people kill the emperor
(d) help the people bring in crops

4. According to the old written laws, Lilliputians cannot hold public office if they do not believe in what?
(a) loyalty
(b) honesty
(c) compassion towards others
(d) Divine Providence

5. What item of Gulliver's do the Lilliputians think is an oracle?
(a) his sword
(b) his handkerchief
(c) his pocketknife
(d) his watch

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of concern for losing an eye, Gulliver does what, while swimming away from the enemy?

2. How do the Lilliputians write on paper?

3. How do the men ensure that Gulliver will not escape, once he is in the temple?

4. Gulliver explains that most Lilliputian children are raised by whom?

5. During Gulliver's game, Gulliver saves a man and a what?

(see the answer key)

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