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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who buys Gulliver from the farmer?
(a) the king
(b) a lawyer
(c) the queen
(d) a doctor

3. What does the farmer's daughter think Gulliver is?
(a) a toy soldier
(b) a robot
(c) a doll
(d) a strange mouse

4. Out of concern for losing an eye, Gulliver does what, while swimming away from the enemy?
(a) swims holding a shield out in front of his face
(b) puts a helmet on
(c) swims totally under the water
(d) puts on his glasses

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver tells the emperor to keep the gunpowder away from what?

2. When he awakes, what kind of people surround Gulliver?

3. How old does Gulliver think the Emperor of Lilliput is?

4. How do the Lilliputians write on paper?

5. Which of the following punishments do the people settle on for Gulliver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the differences between how the giants in Part 2, Chapter 1 treat Gulliver initially and how the Lilliputians had treated him?

2. Was it a good idea for the emperor to have Gulliver taught the language? Why or why not?

3. How does Gulliver say that the Lilliputian children are raised?

4. Swift meant for this part of the book to be a satire on the French government and he uses the size of everything as a farce against the government. Swift is saying that he believes that everything in France is bigger. At the time, Louis the XVI was the king of France and Louis loved to build huge estates and use his wealth for his own desires. King Louis was known to not know or care about the conditions of the people whom he governed. Knowing that, how does Part 2, Chapter 4 mirror activities in France?

5. How does Gulliver describe the emperor's attitude during Gulliver's capture?

6. About a month after Gulliver is freed, the principal secretary pays him a visit. What does the secretary explain to Gulliver about the problems facing the Lilliputians and how does Gulliver's freedom factor in?

7. Why does the secretary tell Gulliver that the Lilliputians and the people of Blefuscu are at war?

8. Explain what the provisions of Gulliver's release say about how the little people view Gulliver and about their attitude.

9. Gulliver is a doctor, but his heart seems to lie with exploring the world around him. What evidence supports that, in Part 1, Chapter 1?

10. Why doesn't the emperor want Gulliver alive anymore and how does this reveal the emperor's true nature?

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