2. What does the emperor do prior to Gulliver's sentencing?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He tries to convince the people that Gulliver is evil.
(c) He sends out a decree.
(d) He resigns his post.

3. Gulliver estimated that about how many people lived in the inner city?
(a) 50,000
(b) 500,000
(c) 1,000,0000
(d) 700,000

4. Gulliver says that what happened during a man's execution?
(a) The man was drowned.
(b) The man was shot.
(c) The man was hung.
(d) The man's head was cut off.

5. Where does the farmer's wife let Gulliver sleep?
(a) in the barn in a haystack
(b) in her bedroom
(c) outside in the dog house
(d) in a box on the table

6. Why does Gulliver say that he finally left the kingdom?
(a) He learned of a plot against him.
(b) He was homesick.
(c) He wanted to explore other places.
(d) He took a short boat ride and became hopelessly lost.

7. What does the emperor of Blefuscu decide to do when he finds out about the articles against Gulliver?
(a) He locks Gulliver up until the LIlliputians come to get him.
(b) He sends Gulliver into hiding.
(c) He sends Gulliver back immediately.
(d) He says that he will not send Gulliver back.

8. After his dingy is overturned and Gulliver swims to shore, what does he do?
(a) He builds a fire.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He hunts for food.
(d) He screams for help.

9. How does Gulliver prosper after returning to England?
(a) He restarts his medical practice.
(b) He runs a boarding house.
(c) He writes books.
(d) He sells his cattle.

10. Gulliver helps the emperor's guards to search what?
(a) the house of a suspected criminal
(b) Gulliver's pockets
(c) the shore line, where Gulliver originally washed up
(d) the countryside for a missing child

11. Who buys Gulliver from the farmer?
(a) a doctor
(b) a lawyer
(c) the king
(d) the queen

12. One of the provisions of Gulliver's release is that he will not leave without what?
(a) permission
(b) at least five townspeople
(c) an honor guard
(d) the emperor

13. How did Gulliver hide things from the Lilliputian guards?
(a) in a secret pocket
(b) in his mouth
(c) in a hole in the ground
(d) under a bed

14. Who does Gulliver accidentally insult at the farmer's house?
(a) the farmer's daughter
(b) the farmer
(c) the farmer's friend
(d) the farmer's wife

15. How do the Lilliputians bury their dead?
(a) with arms straight up
(b) with arms folded behind their heads
(c) with heads down
(d) with legs at a ninety degree angle to bodies

Short Answer Questions

1. When the men go onto an island to find water, Gulliver becomes separated from them and then sees them rowing back to the boat with what following them?

2. How do the Lilliputians write on paper?

3. Gulliver learns that the war between the Lilliputians and the Blefuscians has to do with what?

4. How long is Gulliver told it will be before the reading of the articles?

5. Who becomes Gulliver's nurse?

(see the answer keys)

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