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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. Gulliver is introduced to the king who is hard at work on a problem that involves what?

2. Who proposes that health and politics are intimately linked?

3. At the port city, Gulliver is directed to go where until he can find passage to the island?

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

5. In the last room, Gulliver observes that the students are doing what to words written on paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does the king of the floating island rule the people on the island below?

4. What lessons does Swift try to teach about heroes through Gulliver?

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

6. What lessons can be learned from the people of Laputa?

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

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

9. Why is the king's cousin, who befriends Gulliver, considered an outcast and do you think that it is fair? Why or why not?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Liliputian emperor eventually turns against Gulliver and tries to have him punished for crimes that he did not commit.

1. Explain why Gulliver is accused of those crimes by the emperor and what punishment is decided upon. Also, what does Gulliver do in reaction to the emperors accusations.

In modern times are innocent people still found guilty of crimes often? Why or why not? Does it depend on the particular town or country where the crime is committed, for instance? Use examples to support your opinions.

Essay Topic 2

Gulliver and the king of giants have a long discussion about the government of England at the time. Swift makes it clear, through this discussion, that he has much distaste for the way things are run.

Part 1: Do you feel that modern governments have improved at all since Gulliver's times? Why or why not?

Part 2: If you were the ruler of a country, what sort of system of government would you want and why? Would you want a government like the one run by the giants? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the reasons why the Liliputians and Blefuscians do not get along. How did the two groups become separated? Also, are there disagreements between groups of people over similar topics in the modern era? If you don't believe so, explain why. If you do believe so, list some examples and explain whether you agree or disagree with them.

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