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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. Gulliver must agree, also, to be an ally against the people of what place?

2. Who came to see Gulliver, after he was rescued from the animal?

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

4. According to the old written laws, Lilliputians cannot hold public office if they do not believe in what?

5. What is the name of the captain of the ship Gulliver is on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe at least four of the provisions of Gulliver's release.

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

4. Explain how the people treat Gulliver, the longer he stays their captive.

5. 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?

6. What are the circumstances of Gulliver's eventual freedom?

7. Why does the secretary tell Gulliver that the Lilliputians and the people of Blefuscu are at war?

8. How does Gulliver describe the country where the giants live?

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

10. How does the farmer's attitude seem to change toward Gulliver in Part 2, Chapter 3 and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the people of Luggnagg are immortal. Have you ever wished to be immortal? After reading the book, have your thoughts on immortality changed at all? Explain, using examples from the book and real life, what your thoughts on immortality were before reading the book and what they are now.

Essay Topic 2

The Lilliputian government officials are determined in a very unusual way through a rope dance.

Part 1. Explain how the rope dance works.

Part 2. Do you feel that the rope dance is a good way to elect officials? Why or why not?

Part 3. What point do you feel that the author, Jonathan Swift, is trying to make about the way that governments are run, by writing about the rope dance?

Essay Topic 3

Explain, using details from the story, the difference between how Gulliver is treated by the farmer when they first meet and how Gulliver is treated by the farmer towards the end of the time that Gulliver is in the farmer's possession. Also, have you ever been the victim of someone who treated you one way to begin with and completely differently later on? If so, explain. If not, have you ever treated someone else one way at first and differently later on? If so, why?

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