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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to trade and the fact that many of the people send their children to the opposite island to become more worldly, what does Gulliver say happens?
(a) Most people have relatives on each island
(b) Most people know both languages
(c) Most people have houses on each island
(d) Most people spend six months on one island and then six months on the other.

2. During the journey, Gulliver awakes only once when a couple of the curious accidentally make him do what?
(a) kick
(b) sneeze
(c) cough
(d) jump

3. What do the Lilliputians do to people who are not honest?
(a) banish them
(b) kill them
(c) put them in jail
(d) make them work the worst jobs

4. How long has Gulliver been on Blefuscu, when he sees something wash up on shore?
(a) three days
(b) seven weeks
(c) three weeks
(d) seven days

5. How do the men ensure that Gulliver will not escape, once he is in the temple?
(a) They take Gulliver's shoes away, so he can't walk on the harsh ground.
(b) They lock Gulliver in the Temple.
(c) They shackle Gulliver.
(d) They leave Gulliver tied up with rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the commoners punished for shooting arrows at Gulliver?

2. What item of Gulliver's do the Lilliputians think is an oracle?

3. What does Gulliver set sail with?

4. The Lilliputians think that fraud is worse than what offense?

5. Instead of staying for his sentencing, where does Gulliver decide to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the king's attitude toward Gulliver in all of Part 2, Chapter 5?

2. What are the differences between how the giants in Part 2, Chapter 1 treat Gulliver initially and how the Lilliputians had treated him?

3. Was it a good idea for the emperor to have Gulliver taught the language? Why or why not?

4. Instead of sending Gulliver back to Lilliput, what does the emperor of Blefuscu do?

5. What is the emperor of the little people like? What type of personality does he seem to have?

6. How does Gulliver describe the emperor's attitude during Gulliver's capture?

7. What does Gulliver learn from his first impressions, in Part 2, Chapter 1, when he encounters the giants?

8. Describe what happens to Gulliver at the Inn and what the farmer decides to do with him afterward.

9. About a month after Gulliver is freed, the principal secretary pays him a visit. What does the secretary explain to Gulliver about the problems facing the Lilliputians and how does Gulliver's freedom factor in?

10. How does Gulliver say that criminals are treated by the Lilliputians?

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