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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. How long is it between the time that Gulliver escapes and the time that he returns to England?
(a) three months
(b) six monhts
(c) one month
(d) nine months

2. The people had tried to do away with the language altogether, but the illiterate and whom were in an uproar?
(a) the children
(b) the women
(c) the leaders
(d) the men

3. What does the captain tell Gulliver has happened to the items Gulliver asks for?
(a) They have been destroyed.
(b) They fell overboard.
(c) They are locked below decks.
(d) They were left on the island.

4. In one academy room, philosophers try to do what?
(a) solve any problems about the nature of humans
(b) decide whether there is life in outer space
(c) figure out how the world was created
(d) discuss the meaning of life

5. The king threatens Gulliver with the loss of his life if Gulliver tells anyone else about what?
(a) gunpowder
(b) armies
(c) rifles
(d) British parliament houses

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver finds that it is not a good life because although they never die, what happens?

2. Gulliver finds that the way the island floats is by what?

3. The last room of the academy is one for what?

4. How does Gulliver say that he would feel if he never had to die?

5. Gulliver makes it clear that he thinks the king is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways do Gulliver and the king disagree about the concept of war in Part 2, Chapter 7?

3. What lesson does Swift try to teach about life and death, in Part 3, Chapter 10?

4. How does Laputa stay in the air and do you think that such an island really could exist by using modern technology?

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

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

7. What are the people of Laputa like?

8. Describe the ship captain's attitude toward Gulliver, after hearing his incredible story. How does Gulliver react to the captain's attitude?

9. What does Gulliver find after sailing from island to island for five days, in Part 3, Chapter 1 and what happens as a result?

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

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