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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. In one of the academy rooms, the pupils sit for six hours a day doing what?
(a) writing essays
(b) reading aloud
(c) drawing pictures
(d) staring out the windows

2. What does the eagle do with Gulliver?
(a) drops Gulliver and his box into a volcano
(b) takes Gulliver and his box back to its nest
(c) drops Gulliver and his box on top of a mountain
(d) drops Gulliver and his box into the sea

3. Why does Gulliver go back to see?
(a) His brother is the captain.
(b) He is promised double his usual pay.
(c) He fights with his wife.
(d) He misses the sea.

4. Gulliver says that instead of learning about art and history these people learn about what?
(a) sailing
(b) medicine
(c) flying
(d) agriculture

5. The same doctor proposes that in order to cure the forgetfulness of many of these men, what should happen to them after a speech?
(a) They should be paid.
(b) They should keep a written copy of the speech.
(c) They should be hurt.
(d) They should receive an award.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it is found that Gulliver and the king cannot understand each other, Gulliver is taken where and given food?

2. The lord wants Gulliver to see the what that are built?

3. Gulliver is dismayed to see that even if they were alive again, many of these people would be what?

4. What does the captain tell Gulliver has happened to the items Gulliver asks for?

5. In order to prove the English smart, what does Gulliver tell the king about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gulliver finally leave the island in Part 2, Chapter 8?

2. What identifies the immortals in the culture, in Part 3, Chapter 10, and what sorts of things must these immortals endure?

3. What happens to Gulliver, once he reaches Luggnagg?

4. When the king asks Gulliver to tell him about England, what are some of the things that Gulliver tells him?

5. In Part 3, Chapter 6, Swift again makes his views of the British government known. What are those views, how does he express them and do they still apply to modern governments?

6. What happens to Gulliver in Glubbdubdribb?

7. What do you think Swift's ideas about modern science are, based on Part 3, Chapter 4?

8. What point does Swift seem to be making in Part 2, Chapter 6 and how does he use the king to make it?

9. Describe Gulliver's encounter with the pirates.

10. Much of Part 3, Chapter 6, talks about Gulliver's encounter with a doctor who is full of ideas. One idea is that in order to cure the woes of the government, the people in the government must be seen to and whenever the people are healed, the politics and government will be healed. Gulliver thinks that that is a valid idea. Do you think that it was? Why or why not? Is such an idea still applicable in today's society?

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