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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. Out of concern for losing an eye, Gulliver does what, while swimming away from the enemy?
(a) swims totally under the water
(b) swims holding a shield out in front of his face
(c) puts on his glasses
(d) puts a helmet on

2. What happens to cause Gulliver to abandon ship during his first voyage after the second time his practice failed?
(a) The ship hit a rock.
(b) There is a mutany on board the ship.
(c) The ship was attacked by pirates.
(d) The ship randomly sprung a leak.

3. The king sends for how many scholars to examine Gulliver?
(a) seven
(b) five
(c) three
(d) nine

4. Gulliver learns that the war between the Lilliputians and the Blefuscians has to do with what?
(a) slavery
(b) a long-standing family feud
(c) stolen land
(d) religious beliefs

5. Which item did the Lilliputian guards find, when they searched Gulliver?
(a) glasses
(b) a portrait of Gulliver's wife
(c) a telescope
(d) a razor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the emperor do prior to Gulliver's sentencing?

2. How long does the journey take?

3. When he awakes, what kind of people surround Gulliver?

4. Gulliver estimated that about how many people lived in the inner city?

5. One of the provisions of Gulliver's release is that he will not leave without what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the ways in which Gulliver defines the relationship between Lilliput and Blefuscu?

4. Describe the relationship between Gulliver and the farmer's daughter.

5. Why doesn't the emperor want Gulliver alive anymore and how does this reveal the emperor's true nature?

6. Describe some of the mishaps that Gulliver describes in part 2, chapter 5.

7. Describe how the little men that Gulliver encounters seem to treat him. Are they afraid of him? Why or why not?

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

9. Why does the secretary tell Gulliver that the Lilliputians and the people of Blefuscu are at war?

10. How does the farmer's attitude seem to change toward Gulliver in Part 2, Chapter 3 and why?

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