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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. The people exceed Europe in what area?

2. How do the people on the ground send up their petitions to be received on the floating island?

3. Gulliver is put out to see by the Dutchman with how many days of rations?

4. In order to speak to the king, Gulliver has to crawl on his belly and do what to the floor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways do Gulliver and the king disagree about the concept of war in Part 2, Chapter 7?

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

3. What lessons can be learned from the people of Laputa?

4. What other figures does Gulliver call back from the dead, in Part 3, Chapter 8 and why? What else does he learn from them?

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

6. 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?

7. Much of Part 3, Chapter 6, talks about Gulliver's encounter with a doctor who is full of ideas. One idea is that in order to cure the woes of the government, the people in the government must be seen to and whenever the people are healed, the politics and government will be healed. Gulliver thinks that that is a valid idea. Do you think that it was? Why or why not? Is such an idea still applicable in today's society?

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

9. What happens to Gulliver in Glubbdubdribb?

10. How does the king of the floating island rule the people on the island below?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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.

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