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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some ambassadors come from Blefuscu, hoping to do what?
(a) make a peace treaty
(b) get their ships back
(c) get the emperor's help to cure an illness that is killing many people
(d) get the emperor to agree to come to Blefescu and visit

2. What sort of dance does Gulliver go on to explain that the Lilliputians do?
(a) a ribbon dance
(b) a rope dance
(c) a risque dance
(d) a rain dance

3. How long does it take Gulliver to learn the language of the Lilliputians?
(a) about 3 months
(b) about 3 weeks
(c) They learn his language. He does not learn theirs.
(d) about 3 years

4. After Gulliver's schooling was complete and his first voyage was over, where did he marry and settle down?
(a) London
(b) Amsterdam
(c) Rome
(d) Paris

5. Which item did the Lilliputian guards not find on Gulliver?
(a) a comb
(b) matches
(c) a pocketknife
(d) a handkerchief

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

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

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

9. During the journey, Gulliver awakes only once when a couple of the curious accidentally make him do what?
(a) jump
(b) cough
(c) sneeze
(d) kick

10. Gulliver is once captured by what sort of animal?
(a) bear
(b) monkey
(c) tiger
(d) elephant

11. After the emperor reads the list of things found on Gulliver, what does he ask for?
(a) the pocketknife
(b) the razor
(c) the sword
(d) the telescope

12. What do the people occasionally catch in the sea?
(a) dolphins
(b) boats full of men
(c) whales
(d) normal fish

13. Why does Gulliver say that he finally left the kingdom?
(a) He was homesick.
(b) He wanted to explore other places.
(c) He learned of a plot against him.
(d) He took a short boat ride and became hopelessly lost.

14. How do the Lilliputians bury their dead?
(a) with legs at a ninety degree angle to bodies
(b) with heads down
(c) with arms straight up
(d) with arms folded behind their heads

15. What does the emperor do prior to Gulliver's sentencing?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He resigns his post.
(c) He tries to convince the people that Gulliver is evil.
(d) He sends out a decree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do many people come to see Gulliver, once the farmer takes him to town?

2. What does the farmer's daughter think Gulliver is?

3. What is the last man that does not want Gulliver set free?

4. Gulliver describes the inner city as a collection of houses at least how many stories high?

5. When the men go onto an island to find water, Gulliver becomes separated from them and then sees them rowing back to the boat with what following them?

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