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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the port city, Gulliver is directed to go where until he can find passage to the island?
(a) Glubblydubble
(b) Dribbdubglubb
(c) Dribbledlubb
(d) Glubbdubdribb

2. The people had tried to do away with the language altogether, but the illiterate and whom were in an uproar?
(a) the men
(b) the leaders
(c) the women
(d) the children

3. What does Gulliver find after 5 days?
(a) a city under water
(b) a talking whale
(c) a mountain in the sky
(d) an island in the sky

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

5. What is lowered to rescue Gulliver from the ocean?
(a) a boat
(b) a ladder
(c) a chain
(d) a rope

6. This island has magicians and sorcerers on it and the main power on the island is that of a family of magicians who use what as servants?
(a) rabbits
(b) puppets
(c) living magic hats
(d) the dead

7. How long is it between the time that Gulliver escapes and the time that he returns to England?
(a) three months
(b) one month
(c) nine months
(d) six monhts

8. The floating island can keep hovering over the lower island, blocking out the sun and what, according to Gulliver?
(a) rain
(b) stars
(c) moon
(d) snow

9. The same doctor proposes that in order to cure the forgetfulness of many of these men, what should happen to them after a speech?
(a) They should receive an award.
(b) They should be hurt.
(c) They should be paid.
(d) They should keep a written copy of the speech.

10. Gulliver also likes the idea of taking political foes and exchanging half of each other's what?
(a) followers
(b) ideas
(c) brains
(d) bodies

11. Gulliver lodges where, rather than with the governor?
(a) in the servants' quarters
(b) a college dormitory
(c) the capital city
(d) a farmer's barn

12. How many years ago does the lord explain that people went to visit the flying island and came down with all sorts of ideas?
(a) sixty
(b) forty
(c) thirty
(d) twenty

13. Which of these does Gulliver see?
(a) Homer
(b) Galileo
(c) Plato
(d) Socrates

14. In order to speak to the king, Gulliver has to crawl on his belly and do what to the floor?
(a) polish it
(b) paint it
(c) lick it
(d) wash it

15. What happens to children with the birthmark?
(a) they are immortal
(b) they are raised as slaces
(c) they are killed immediately
(d) they are raised royal

Short Answer Questions

1. The one law is that the king and his two elder sons may not do what?

2. Which of the following is a house of the British parliament, according to Gulliver?

3. Who argues that a senator should have to vote directly contrary to what he says in his speech, because then that will be what is best for the people.

4. Gulliver hopes to sail where from the island?

5. When the ship is ready to sail, where is it going?

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