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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a house of the British parliament, according to Gulliver?
(a) House of Commoners
(b) House of Commoncause
(c) House of Commons
(d) House of Commonwealth

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

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

4. Another section of the academy is full of people trying to do what regarding their language?
(a) add words and their meanings to the language
(b) make their language shorter and less confusing
(c) translate their language to English
(d) translate their language to French

5. Which of the following is not a reason that Gulliver is being brought up on charges by the Lilliputians.
(a) being friendly to the ambassadors
(b) not following orders about destroying the people of Blefuscu
(c) planning to sail tot he enemy's land
(d) secretly marrying a woman from Blefuscu

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the emperor do prior to Gulliver's sentencing?

2. In one of the academy rooms, the pupils sit for six hours a day doing what?

3. Whose hair does Gulliver use to design seats and purses?

4. What does Gulliver make out of the beard stubble of the king?

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

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