Gulliver's Travels | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1, Chapter 1

1. What was Gulliver schooled to become?

a surgeon

2. After Gulliver's schooling was complete and his first voyage was over, where did he marry and settle down?

London

3. What happens to cause Gulliver to abandon ship during his first voyage after the second time his practice failed?

The ship hit a rock.

4. After his dingy is overturned and Gulliver swims to shore, what does he do?

He falls asleep.

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

six-inch-tall men

6. When Gulliver gets his hand free from his bonds, what do the men do?

shoot little arrows

7. What does Gulliver first try to tell the king, using hand gestures?

Gulliver is hungry.

8. Where do the people decide to take Gulliver?

the capital city

9. While Gulliver is sleeping, they bring in a mechanism that was made specifically...
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