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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Gulliver is sent someone to help him with what?
(a) learning how to cook the foods on the island
(b) learning how the island floats
(c) learning the language
(d) learning the layout of the palace

4. How soon after returning to England does Gulliver start out on his next voyage?
(a) six months
(b) two months
(c) four months
(d) two weeks

5. 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 keep a written copy of the speech.
(b) They should be paid.
(c) They should be hurt.
(d) They should receive an award.

6. When Gulliver tells the king about the treasury of England, what is the king's reaction?
(a) The king is shocked that England can balance their budget perfectly.
(b) The king suggests that Gulliver go back to England and tell them to run the treasury the way the giants run theirs.
(c) The king is confused because England is spending more than they are making.
(d) The king is amazed that England is making mroe than they are spending.

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

8. When the ship is ready to sail, where is it going?
(a) Uggleangg
(b) Blubbadlubb
(c) Lubbladbabb
(d) Luggnagg

9. Gulliver is questioned by guards there and he lies and tells them that he is what, so he can get into Japan?
(a) Blefuscian
(b) French
(c) American
(d) Dutch

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

11. The one law is that the king and his two elder sons may not do what?
(a) leave the island
(b) hold jobs in other public offices
(c) marry
(d) hold regular jobs

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

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

14. When the magnet is parallel to the horizon, the island does what?
(a) moves left
(b) lowers
(c) raises
(d) stands still

15. Which of the following is a house of the British parliament, according to Gulliver?
(a) House of Commons
(b) House of Commoners
(c) House of Commoncause
(d) House of Commonwealth

Short Answer Questions

1. Another section of the academy is full of people trying to do what regarding their language?

2. Gulliver makes it clear that he thinks the king is what?

3. Gulliver wonders how this king had come to think of _________________ if he did not have any enemies.

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

5. In the last room, Gulliver observes that the students are doing what to words written on paper?

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