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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. Where do many people come to see Gulliver, once the farmer takes him to town?
2. Gulliver helps the emperor's guards to search what?
3. How do the men ensure that Gulliver will not escape, once he is in the temple?
4. After Gulliver's schooling was complete and his first voyage was over, where did he marry and settle down?
5. Gulliver makes up what sort of game?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the farmer's attitude seem to change toward Gulliver in Part 2, Chapter 3 and why?
2. Describe at least four of the provisions of Gulliver's release.
3. What are the differences between how the giants in Part 2, Chapter 1 treat Gulliver initially and how the Lilliputians had treated him?
4. What are the ways in which Gulliver defines the relationship between Lilliput and Blefuscu?
5. About a month after Gulliver is freed, the principal secretary pays him a visit. What does the secretary explain to Gulliver about the problems facing the Lilliputians and how does Gulliver's freedom factor in?
6. Explain how it is decided whether Gulliver will be killed or not.
7. Was it a good idea for the emperor to have Gulliver taught the language? Why or why not?
8. What is the king's attitude toward Gulliver in all of Part 2, Chapter 5?
9. What is the emperor of the little people like? What type of personality does he seem to have?
10. Gulliver is a doctor, but his heart seems to lie with exploring the world around him. What evidence supports that, in Part 1, Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gulliver is a doctor by profession, but an explorer at heart. Do you feel that most people take on professions that they enjoy, or do they get stuck in careers that they hate for most of their lives? Why did Gulliver become a doctor when he really wanted to be an explorer? What are some reasons that people in modern times do things that they'd rather not do.
Essay Topic 2
Of all of the places that Gulliver visits in his travels, which one do you feel is most run like a conventional modern society and why? Use examples from the book and real life to support your answer. Also, do you feel like being like a conventional society is a good thing, or do you think that some of the other places that Gulliver traveled to were run better? Explain your answer in detail.
Essay Topic 3
Explain how the law about choosing people to work in the Liliputian government is written and how the emperor seems to ignore that law. Do modern community, nation and world leaders act the same way about appointing staff, still? Use modern examples to back up your opinion.
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