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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gulliver wonders how this king had come to think of _________________ if he did not have any enemies.
(a) an army
(b) weapons
(c) royal guards
(d) booby traps aroung the castle

2. 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 hurt.
(b) They should be paid.
(c) They should keep a written copy of the speech.
(d) They should receive an award.

3. What does Gulliver make out of the beard stubble of the king?
(a) a hair brush
(b) a comb
(c) a tooth brush
(d) a scrub brush

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

5. Why does Gulliver go back to see?
(a) His brother is the captain.
(b) He is promised double his usual pay.
(c) He fights with his wife.
(d) He misses the sea.

6. 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 men
(d) the children

7. Whose hair does Gulliver use to design seats and purses?
(a) the queen's
(b) the cook's
(c) the nurse's
(d) the king's

8. When it is found that Gulliver and the king cannot understand each other, Gulliver is taken where and given food?
(a) the dining hall
(b) the guest quarters
(c) the dungeons
(d) the king's rooms

9. 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.

10. Gulliver also calls up the ancestors of certain houses of nobility where?
(a) in England
(b) in Germany
(c) in France
(d) in Greece

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

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

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

14. Who argues that a senator should have to vote directly contrary to what he says in his speech, because then that will be what is best for the people.
(a) the king
(b) the lord
(c) the doctor
(d) Gulliver

15. At the port city, Gulliver is directed to go where until he can find passage to the island?
(a) Dribbdubglubb
(b) Dribbledlubb
(c) Glubblydubble
(d) Glubbdubdribb

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver explains to the king that England has how many houses in its Parliament?

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

3. How do the people on the ground send up their petitions to be received on the floating island?

4. How long is it between the time that Gulliver escapes and the time that he returns to England?

5. Gulliver leaves the governor and returns when?

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