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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a reason that Gulliver is being brought up on charges by the Lilliputians.
(a) planning to sail tot he enemy's land
(b) being friendly to the ambassadors
(c) secretly marrying a woman from Blefuscu
(d) not following orders about destroying the people of Blefuscu

2. When he awakes, what kind of people surround Gulliver?
(a) six-inch-tall men
(b) men painted green
(c) six-foot-tall men
(d) men painted blue

3. How long is Gulliver told it will be before the reading of the articles?
(a) six days
(b) five days
(c) three days
(d) four days

4. Who pays Gulliver a visit, a month after Gulliver is freed?
(a) the treasurer
(b) the emperor
(c) the queen
(d) the principal secretary

5. What was Gulliver schooled to become?
(a) a carpenter
(b) a surgeon
(c) a teacher
(d) a sailor

6. What does the emperor of Blefuscu decide to do when he finds out about the articles against Gulliver?
(a) He says that he will not send Gulliver back.
(b) He sends Gulliver into hiding.
(c) He sends Gulliver back immediately.
(d) He locks Gulliver up until the LIlliputians come to get him.

7. Gulliver learns that the war between the Lilliputians and the Blefuscians has to do with what?
(a) religious beliefs
(b) stolen land
(c) slavery
(d) a long-standing family feud

8. 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 know both languages
(b) Most people have houses on each island
(c) Most people spend six months on one island and then six months on the other.
(d) Most people have relatives on each island

9. What convinces the farmer that Gulliver is a small human?
(a) Gulliver gives the farmer money.
(b) Gulliver shows the farmer a map of England
(c) Gulliver gives the farmer his telescope.
(d) Gulliver speaks English.

10. After his dingy is overturned and Gulliver swims to shore, what does he do?
(a) He builds a fire.
(b) He screams for help.
(c) He hunts for food.
(d) He falls asleep.

11. The king sends for how many scholars to examine Gulliver?
(a) five
(b) seven
(c) nine
(d) three

12. During Gulliver's game, Gulliver saves a man and a what?
(a) rabbit
(b) dog
(c) horse
(d) cat

13. Which item did Gulliver hide from the Lilliputian guards?
(a) a comb
(b) a telescope
(c) pistols
(d) a razor

14. Who teaches Gulliver the language of the giants?
(a) the farmer
(b) the farmer's wife
(c) the farmer's son
(d) the farmer's daughter

15. Why is Gulliver getting ill?
(a) He can't eat the food in the land.
(b) He can't drink the water in the land.
(c) He is being overworked by the farmer.
(d) He has caught one of the giant's diseases.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Lilliputians bury their dead?

2. One young man is beaten and thrown out because he tries to shoot what at Gulliver's head?

3. Gulliver describes his adventures with what kind of creature that is jealous of him?

4. According to the old written laws, Lilliputians cannot hold public office if they do not believe in what?

5. Which item did the Lilliputian guards find, when they searched Gulliver?

(see the answer keys)

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