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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 stays for how many months in the country?

2. Gulliver explains to the king that England has how many houses in its Parliament?

3. Which of the following is a house of the British parliament, according to Gulliver?

4. Gulliver is upset to find that in the past couple hundred years, humans have actually degenerated when it came to what?

5. Gulliver also calls up the ancestors of certain houses of nobility where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lessons does Swift try to teach about heroes through Gulliver?

2. Describe the ship captain's attitude toward Gulliver, after hearing his incredible story. How does Gulliver react to the captain's attitude?

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

4. What does Gulliver find after sailing from island to island for five days, in Part 3, Chapter 1 and what happens as a result?

5. What do Gulliver's choices of people to call back from the dead say about his motivations?

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

7. What happens to Gulliver, once he reaches Luggnagg?

8. 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?

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

10. What identifies the immortals in the culture, in Part 3, Chapter 10, and what sorts of things must these immortals endure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gulliver and the king of giants have a long discussion about the government of England at the time. Swift makes it clear, through this discussion, that he has much distaste for the way things are run.

Part 1: Do you feel that modern governments have improved at all since Gulliver's times? Why or why not?

Part 2: If you were the ruler of a country, what sort of system of government would you want and why? Would you want a government like the one run by the giants? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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