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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. When Gulliver tells the king about the treasury of England, what is the king's reaction?
(a) The king is amazed that England is making mroe than they are spending.
(b) The king is confused because England is spending more than they are making.
(c) The king is shocked that England can balance their budget perfectly.
(d) The king suggests that Gulliver go back to England and tell them to run the treasury the way the giants run theirs.

2. The floating island can keep hovering over the lower island, blocking out the sun and what, according to Gulliver?
(a) stars
(b) snow
(c) moon
(d) rain

3. Gulliver is put out to see by the Dutchman with how many days of rations?
(a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 4
(d) 6

4. When an immortal marries, it is annulled when the younger partner reaches what age?
(a) 40
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 60

5. Gulliver also likes the idea of taking political foes and exchanging half of each other's what?
(a) followers
(b) bodies
(c) ideas
(d) brains

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver talks with other professors about things like taxing a person based on what?

2. An eagle picks up Gulliver's box while he is where with the royals?

3. The last room of the academy is one for what?

4. What does Gulliver make out of the beard stubble of the king?

5. Gulliver hopes to sail where from the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part 3, Chapter 6, Swift again makes his views of the British government known. What are those views, how does he express them and do they still apply to modern governments?

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

4. What do Gulliver's choices of people to call back from the dead say about his motivations?

5. Describe Gulliver's encounter with the pirates.

6. In Part 3, Chapter 5, how is Gulliver further introduced to the ideas and beliefs of the Laputians?

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

8. What condition does Gulliver find most of the people in, when he goes down to the lower island, and why is he told that they are that way? What implications does that have?

9. How does the king of the floating island rule the people on the island below?

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

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