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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. In one academy room, philosophers try to do what?
(a) discuss the meaning of life
(b) decide whether there is life in outer space
(c) solve any problems about the nature of humans
(d) figure out how the world was created

2. The island cannot go over how many miles high?
(a) six
(b) three
(c) five
(d) four

3. Gulliver leaves the governor and returns when?
(a) when the governor is attacked
(b) when the ship is ready to sail
(c) when the governor calls
(d) when Gulliver becomes ill and needs help

4. In order to prove the English smart, what does Gulliver tell the king about?
(a) rifles and their uses
(b) land ownership rights in England
(c) law practices in England
(d) gunpowder's invention and uses

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hair does Gulliver use to design seats and purses?

2. Another section of the academy is full of people trying to do what regarding their language?

3. Gulliver learns that the island is called what?

4. When Gulliver tells the king about the treasury of England, what is the king's reaction?

5. Who argues that a senator should have to vote directly contrary to what he says in his speech, because then that will be what is best for the people.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Gulliver's encounter with the pirates.

4. What point does Swift seem to be making in Part 2, Chapter 6 and how does he use the king to make it?

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

6. Customs of different people are a big part of the book. What custom must Gulliver follow in Part 3, Chapter 9 and how, in general, does Gulliver deal with the customs of people he encounters?

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

8. What happens to Gulliver, once he reaches Luggnagg?

9. What identifies the immortals in the culture, in Part 3, Chapter 10, and what sorts of things must these immortals endure?

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

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