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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gulliver finds that it is not a good life because although they never die, what happens?
(a) They are unable to see.
(b) They get old.
(c) They are unable to work.
(d) They get bored.

3. The people exceed Europe in what area?
(a) creativity
(b) history
(c) psychology
(d) astronomy

4. Gulliver explains to the king that England has how many houses in its Parliament?
(a) two
(b) one
(c) four
(d) three

5. It is believed that it is hard enough to live forever without having to live how?
(a) young forever
(b) alone forever
(c) old forever
(d) with someone else forever

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

7. The lord wants Gulliver to see the what that are built?
(a) stables
(b) palaces
(c) hospitals
(d) academies

8. Gulliver talks with other professors about things like taxing a person based on what?
(a) location
(b) gender
(c) looks
(d) age

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

10. The doctor theorizes that whenever the people are healed, then the politics and government will be what?
(a) equal
(b) reversed
(c) corrupt
(d) healed

11. Gulliver is held prisoner until he can get orders for passage from the court and he is called before the what?
(a) magistrate
(b) governor
(c) king
(d) queen

12. Which of the following is a house of the British parliament, according to Gulliver?
(a) House of Friends
(b) House of Equals
(c) House of Peers
(d) House of Peons

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

14. The island cannot go over how many miles high?
(a) six
(b) four
(c) five
(d) three

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver says that instead of learning about art and history these people learn about what?

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

3. What does Gulliver find after 5 days?

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

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

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