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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. How old is the farmer's daughter?
2. When the men go onto an island to find water, Gulliver becomes separated from them and then sees them rowing back to the boat with what following them?
3. Gulliver describes the inner city as a collection of houses at least how many stories high?
4. Gulliver estimated that about how many people lived in the inner city?
5. Gulliver helps the emperor's guards to search what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gulliver learn from his first impressions, in Part 2, Chapter 1, when he encounters the giants?
2. Describe the misunderstanding that the emperor's men have about Gulliver's watch.
3. Explain how the people treat Gulliver, the longer he stays their captive.
4. Describe at least four of the provisions of Gulliver's release.
5. Describe what happens to Gulliver at the Inn and what the farmer decides to do with him afterward.
6. Describe the conditions on the voyage where Gulliver's ship runs into a string of bad luck.
7. Why does Gulliver finally decide to leave and go to Blefuscu?
8. Describe the relationship between Gulliver and the farmer's daughter.
9. Instead of sending Gulliver back to Lilliput, what does the emperor of Blefuscu do?
10. Describe some of the mishaps that Gulliver describes in part 2, chapter 5.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the relationship between Gulliver and the king of the giants. Does the king seem to care about Gulliver as a person, or just as a source of amusement. Use details from the story to back up your opinions.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
In writing about the Laputans, Swift takes an interesting stand on science, believing that, while it can be good, it can also consume people, if their theories aren't sound. Using examples from the book, as well as real life, explain, in detail, about whether or not you think science is a good thing or a bad thing and why.
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