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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pays Gulliver a visit, a month after Gulliver is freed?

2. Why does Gulliver say that he finally left the kingdom?

3. Gulliver describes his adventures with what kind of creature that is jealous of him?

4. During the journey, Gulliver awakes only once when a couple of the curious accidentally make him do what?

5. Which of the following is not a reason that Gulliver is being brought up on charges by the Lilliputians.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Gulliver learn from his first impressions, in Part 2, Chapter 1, when he encounters the giants?

4. Explain what the provisions of Gulliver's release say about how the little people view Gulliver and about their attitude.

5. Was it a good idea for the emperor to have Gulliver taught the language? Why or why not?

6. How does Gulliver say that the Lilliputian children are raised?

7. Describe what happens to Gulliver at the Inn and what the farmer decides to do with him afterward.

8. How is the treatment Gulliver gets from the queen who buys him from the farmer, different from the treatment Gulliver got from the farmer?

9. 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?

10. What are the differences between how the giants in Part 2, Chapter 1 treat Gulliver initially and how the Lilliputians had treated him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Gulliver arrives at Glubbdubdribb the magicians in charge allow him to call up the spirits of any dead people that he wants.

Part 1: Who does Gulliver call up and what does he has them about.

Part 2: Were you at all surprised by Gulliver's choices of people to call up? Why or why not?

Part 3: What famous figure would you call up if you could, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the reasons why the Liliputians and Blefuscians do not get along. How did the two groups become separated? Also, are there disagreements between groups of people over similar topics in the modern era? If you don't believe so, explain why. If you do believe so, list some examples and explain whether you agree or disagree with them.

Essay Topic 3

Gulliver is clearly an explorer at heart, even though he is a doctor by profession. Do you feel that it was appropriate for him to keep going on voyages, even though he kept leaving his family and just barely avoiding death when he did? If you were Gulliver, would you have given up traveling? If so, why and when would you have decided to stay home? Use details from the story to support your opinions.

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