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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. Some ambassadors come from Blefuscu, hoping to do what?
(a) get the emperor to agree to come to Blefescu and visit
(b) get their ships back
(c) get the emperor's help to cure an illness that is killing many people
(d) make a peace treaty

2. 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 spend six months on one island and then six months on the other.
(d) Most people have houses on each island

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. What do the people occasionally catch in the sea?
(a) whales
(b) dolphins
(c) normal fish
(d) boats full of men

5. According to the old written laws, Lilliputians cannot hold public office if they do not believe in what?
(a) loyalty
(b) Divine Providence
(c) compassion towards others
(d) honesty

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver says that what happened during a man's execution?

2. What is the last man that does not want Gulliver set free?

3. Gulliver learns that the war between the Lilliputians and the Blefuscians has to do with what?

4. Gulliver makes up what sort of game?

5. Who came to see Gulliver, after he was rescued from the animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how it is decided whether Gulliver will be killed or not.

2. Describe the misunderstanding that the emperor's men have about Gulliver's watch.

3. What are the circumstances of Gulliver's eventual freedom?

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

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

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

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

8. Gulliver is a doctor, but his heart seems to lie with exploring the world around him. What evidence supports that, in Part 1, Chapter 1?

9. Explain how the people treat Gulliver, the longer he stays their captive.

10. Explain what the provisions of Gulliver's release say about how the little people view Gulliver and about their attitude.

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