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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gulliver says that instead of learning about art and history these people learn about what?
(a) sailing
(b) medicine
(c) agriculture
(d) flying

2. Whose hair does Gulliver use to design seats and purses?
(a) the queen's
(b) the king's
(c) the cook's
(d) the nurse's

3. Gulliver is introduced to the king who is hard at work on a problem that involves what?
(a) history
(b) astronomy
(c) mathematics
(d) psychology

4. Gulliver talks with other professors about things like taxing a person based on what?
(a) age
(b) looks
(c) location
(d) gender

5. Gulliver finds that it is not a good life because although they never die, what happens?
(a) They are unable to see.
(b) They are unable to work.
(c) They get old.
(d) They get bored.

6. Gulliver hopes to sail where from the island?
(a) America
(b) England
(c) Africa
(d) Japan

7. In order to prove the English smart, what does Gulliver tell the king about?
(a) gunpowder's invention and uses
(b) land ownership rights in England
(c) law practices in England
(d) rifles and their uses

8. Gulliver also calls up the ancestors of certain houses of nobility where?
(a) in Greece
(b) in France
(c) in England
(d) in Germany

9. Gulliver feels neglected because everyone on the island is only interested in math and what?
(a) chemistry
(b) history
(c) music
(d) literature

10. Gulliver is put out to see by the Dutchman with how many days of rations?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 4

11. Gulliver learns that the island is called what?
(a) Laputa
(b) Atalpa
(c) Paluta
(d) Laltupla

12. The lord wants Gulliver to see the what that are built?
(a) palaces
(b) stables
(c) hospitals
(d) academies

13. Which of the following is a house of the British parliament, according to Gulliver?
(a) House of Peons
(b) House of Friends
(c) House of Equals
(d) House of Peers

14. When attacked by pirates, Gulliver talks to one of the pirates in what language?
(a) French
(b) Liliputian
(c) Dutch
(d) English

15. Gulliver wonders how this king had come to think of _________________ if he did not have any enemies.
(a) an army
(b) royal guards
(c) weapons
(d) booby traps aroung the castle

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is the continent in overall?

2. How does Gulliver feel about the way the king views Gulliver's country?

3. Gulliver is held prisoner until he can get orders for passage from the court and he is called before the what?

4. The floating island can keep hovering over the lower island, blocking out the sun and what, according to Gulliver?

5. The last room of the academy is one for what?

(see the answer keys)

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