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

2. Gulliver notes that hundreds of what sort of animal are kept by the royal family?
(a) pigs
(b) cats
(c) horses
(d) dogs

3. How long does Gulliver stay with his wife before setting sail again?
(a) two years
(b) two weeks
(c) two months
(d) two days

4. Why does Gulliver say that he finally left the kingdom?
(a) He was homesick.
(b) He took a short boat ride and became hopelessly lost.
(c) He learned of a plot against him.
(d) He wanted to explore other places.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The people that can do what are picked for the best jobs?

2. Gulliver must agree, also, to be an ally against the people of what place?

3. How do the men ensure that Gulliver will not escape, once he is in the temple?

4. Another provision states that Gulliver cannot come within the city limits without how much warning?

5. Gulliver is once captured by what sort of animal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the treatment Gulliver gets from the queen who buys him from the farmer, different from the treatment Gulliver got from the farmer?

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

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

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

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

8. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what does the author seem to be using Gulliver's adventures to say about systems of government, especially the government of England?

9. How does Gulliver describe the country where the giants live?

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

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