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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gulliver lodges where, rather than with the governor?
(a) a college dormitory
(b) a farmer's barn
(c) in the servants' quarters
(d) the capital city

2. Gulliver also likes the idea of taking political foes and exchanging half of each other's what?
(a) bodies
(b) followers
(c) ideas
(d) brains

3. How does Gulliver feel about the way the king views Gulliver's country?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He is insulted.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is confused.

4. Gulliver describes the people as wearing clothes adorned with all of the following except what?
(a) musical instruments
(b) books
(c) stars
(d) moons

5. Gulliver is upset to find that in the past couple hundred years, humans have actually degenerated when it came to what?
(a) looking out for each other
(b) making good decisions
(c) advancing technology
(d) taking care of themselves

6. Gulliver makes it clear that he thinks the king is what?
(a) crazy
(b) naive
(c) brilliant
(d) foolhardy

7. When Gulliver tells the king about the treasury of England, what is the king's reaction?
(a) The king is shocked that England can balance their budget perfectly.
(b) The king suggests that Gulliver go back to England and tell them to run the treasury the way the giants run theirs.
(c) The king is confused because England is spending more than they are making.
(d) The king is amazed that England is making mroe than they are spending.

8. How many years ago does the lord explain that people went to visit the flying island and came down with all sorts of ideas?
(a) sixty
(b) forty
(c) twenty
(d) thirty

9. Gulliver stays for how many months in the country?
(a) three
(b) six
(c) eight
(d) five

10. 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.

11. The people decided that everything could be done better with the help of what?
(a) slaves
(b) science
(c) animals
(d) friends

12. Gulliver sees Alexander the Great and finds out he died of what and had not been poisoned.
(a) fever
(b) choking
(c) stab wound
(d) gun shot

13. What state is the continent in overall?
(a) Everyone is poor and suffering.
(b) Everyone is poor, but happy.
(c) Everyone has medium incomes, but is getting by fine.
(d) Everyone is rich, but miserable.

14. Gulliver feels neglected because everyone on the island is only interested in math and what?
(a) chemistry
(b) literature
(c) music
(d) history

15. How does Gulliver say that he would feel if he never had to die?
(a) He would hate it.
(b) He would eventually get bored.
(c) He would love it.
(d) He would kill himself, eventually.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gulliver explains that there are some in the culture that are born with what color birthmark over their left eye?

3. The one law is that the king and his two elder sons may not do what?

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

5. Which of these does Gulliver see?

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