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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. At first, the emperor wants to destroy the enemy fleet and, therefore subject the people to be governed by what?
(a) parliament
(b) congress
(c) a queen
(d) a viceroy

2. When does the emperor have shows put on for Gulliver?
(a) when Gulliver complains tot he emperor about his boredom
(b) after Gulliver saves the emperor's life
(c) when Gulliver understands the language better
(d) when the performers meet Gulliver and trust him

3. Due to trade and the fact that many of the people send their children to the opposite island to become more worldly, what does Gulliver say happens?
(a) Most people have houses on each island
(b) Most people have relatives on each island
(c) Most people spend six months on one island and then six months on the other.
(d) Most people know both languages

4. What are the two factions in Lilliput called?
(a) the blue hats and the red hats
(b) the low hats and the high hats
(c) the low heels and the high heels
(d) the blue heels and the red heels

5. The Lilliputians think that fraud is worse than what offense?
(a) murder
(b) theft
(c) arson
(d) adultry

Short Answer Questions

1. Which item did the Lilliputian guards not find on Gulliver?

2. Who becomes Gulliver's nurse?

3. Where do the people decide to take Gulliver?

4. The main city is how many miles long?

5. A couple days after Gulliver's game is played, some men find a strange object where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gulliver learn from his first impressions, in Part 2, Chapter 1, when he encounters the giants?

2. How does Gulliver describe the country where the giants live?

3. Describe what happens to Gulliver at the Inn and what the farmer decides to do with him afterward.

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

5. What are the circumstances of Gulliver's eventual freedom?

6. How does Gulliver say that criminals are treated by the Lilliputians?

7. How is the treatment Gulliver gets from the queen who buys him from the farmer, different from the treatment Gulliver got from the farmer?

8. What is the emperor of the little people like? What type of personality does he seem to have?

9. Explain how the people treat Gulliver, the longer he stays their captive.

10. Explain how it is decided whether Gulliver will be killed or not.

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