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

2. How old is the farmer's daughter?

3. Gulliver learns that the war between the Lilliputians and the Blefuscians has to do with what?

4. Gulliver notes that hundreds of what sort of animal are kept by the royal family?

5. While Gulliver is sleeping, they bring in a mechanism that was made specifically to do what to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gulliver finally decide to leave and go to Blefuscu?

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

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

4. What are the ways in which Gulliver defines the relationship between Lilliput and Blefuscu?

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

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

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

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

9. Instead of sending Gulliver back to Lilliput, what does the emperor of Blefuscu do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how which of the Luggnagg people are immortal is determined, in detail. Also, what rules are the immortals subject to? What happens to them as they get older? Do you think the treatment that they receive is fair? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Gulliver is clearly an explorer at heart, even though he is a doctor by profession. Do you feel that it was appropriate for him to keep going on voyages, even though he kept leaving his family and just barely avoiding death when he did? If you were Gulliver, would you have given up traveling? If so, why and when would you have decided to stay home? Use details from the story to support your opinions.

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