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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Gulliver the language of the giants?

2. How many children does the farmer have?

3. Which item did Gulliver hide from the Lilliputian guards?

4. Gulliver estimated that about how many people lived in the inner city?

5. Who does Gulliver accidentally insult at the farmer's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. Describe how the little men that Gulliver encounters seem to treat him. Are they afraid of him? Why or why not?

5. 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?

6. Describe the relationship between Gulliver and the farmer's daughter.

7. How does the farmer's attitude seem to change toward Gulliver in Part 2, Chapter 3 and why?

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

9. Describe at least four of the provisions of Gulliver's release.

10. Describe the conditions on the voyage where Gulliver's ship runs into a string of bad luck.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose any one of the times that Gulliver finds himself lost at sea and describe it in detail. How is he separated from his ship? How does he find land, finally? What sort of place does he find when he gets there, what people does he meet and what happens to him?

Essay Topic 2

Social status is addressed often in the book.

Part 1: Name at least one part of the book where social status plays a major role.

Part 2: Do you agree that different people should have a different status, simply because of things like religion, race or wealth? Why or why not?

Part 3: Social status is still a major part of modern society. Why do you think that is and what might be a good way for people to become less defined by social status?

Essay Topic 3

Of all of the places that Gulliver visits in his travels, which one do you feel is most run like a conventional modern society and why? Use examples from the book and real life to support your answer. Also, do you feel like being like a conventional society is a good thing, or do you think that some of the other places that Gulliver traveled to were run better? Explain your answer in detail.

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