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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. Gulliver explains that most Lilliputian children are raised by whom?
(a) mothers only
(b) grandparents
(c) nurseries
(d) fathers only

2. Gulliver describes the inner city as a collection of houses at least how many stories high?
(a) 20
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 15

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

4. How does Gulliver's sword scare the guards?
(a) Gulliver thros the sword across the room and it sticks in the ground next to the king.
(b) Gulliver pretends to use the sword to stab at them.
(c) The sword falls to the ground and almost crushes them.
(d) The sword catches the light and blinds them.

5. A couple days after Gulliver's game is played, some men find a strange object where?
(a) in Gulliver's shoe
(b) on the beach
(c) in a field
(d) in the woods

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of concern for losing an eye, Gulliver does what, while swimming away from the enemy?

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

3. Gulliver decides to seize the enemy's what?

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

5. How did Gulliver hide things from the Lilliputian guards?

Short Essay Questions

1. Swift meant for this part of the book to be a satire on the French government and he uses the size of everything as a farce against the government. Swift is saying that he believes that everything in France is bigger. At the time, Louis the XVI was the king of France and Louis loved to build huge estates and use his wealth for his own desires. King Louis was known to not know or care about the conditions of the people whom he governed. Knowing that, how does Part 2, Chapter 4 mirror activities in France?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Gulliver finally decide to leave and go to Blefuscu?

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