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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. What state is the continent in overall?
(a) Everyone is poor, but happy.
(b) Everyone is rich, but miserable.
(c) Everyone is poor and suffering.
(d) Everyone has medium incomes, but is getting by fine.

2. This island has magicians and sorcerers on it and the main power on the island is that of a family of magicians who use what as servants?
(a) the dead
(b) rabbits
(c) living magic hats
(d) puppets

3. What does Gulliver find after 5 days?
(a) an island in the sky
(b) a talking whale
(c) a city under water
(d) a mountain in the sky

4. The same doctor proposes that in order to cure the forgetfulness of many of these men, what should happen to them after a speech?
(a) They should keep a written copy of the speech.
(b) They should receive an award.
(c) They should be hurt.
(d) They should be paid.

5. What item does Gulliver not ask to have brought out on the ship?
(a) hammock
(b) telescope
(c) table
(d) chairs

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver learns that the island is called what?

2. When it is found that Gulliver and the king cannot understand each other, Gulliver is taken where and given food?

3. Gulliver says that instead of learning about art and history these people learn about what?

4. Which of these does Gulliver see?

5. Gulliver wonders how this king had come to think of _________________ if he did not have any enemies.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think Swift's ideas about modern science are, based on Part 3, Chapter 4?

2. Describe the ship captain's attitude toward Gulliver, after hearing his incredible story. How does Gulliver react to the captain's attitude?

3. What happens to Gulliver in Glubbdubdribb?

4. When the king asks Gulliver to tell him about England, what are some of the things that Gulliver tells him?

5. Why is the king's cousin, who befriends Gulliver, considered an outcast and do you think that it is fair? Why or why not?

6. Describe Gulliver's encounter with the pirates.

7. What lesson does Swift try to teach about life and death, in Part 3, Chapter 10?

8. In what ways do Gulliver and the king disagree about the concept of war in Part 2, Chapter 7?

9. Explain how Gulliver tries to prove to the king that the people of England are smart.

10. What lessons does Swift try to teach about heroes through Gulliver?

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