2. 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 be paid.
(b) They should be hurt.
(c) They should receive an award.
(d) They should keep a written copy of the speech.

3. How long is it between the time that Gulliver escapes and the time that he returns to England?
(a) one month
(b) six monhts
(c) three months
(d) nine months

4. Which of the following is a house of the British parliament, according to Gulliver?
(a) House of Commoners
(b) House of Commonwealth
(c) House of Commoncause
(d) House of Commons

5. Gulliver is dismayed to see that even if they were alive again, many of these people would be what?
(a) sick
(b) corrupt
(c) boring
(d) average

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of the academy rooms, the pupils sit for six hours a day doing what?

2. How long does Gulliver stay in the country?

3. Gulliver explains that there are some in the culture that are born with what color birthmark over their left eye?

4. Gulliver leaves the governor and returns when?

5. In order to speak to the king, Gulliver has to crawl on his belly and do what to the floor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What happens to Gulliver in Glubbdubdribb?

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

8. What are the people of Laputa like?

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

10. How does Gulliver finally leave the island in Part 2, Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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