View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver is introduced to the king who is hard at work on a problem that involves what?

2. Gulliver explains that there are some in the culture that are born with what color birthmark over their left eye?

3. Gulliver is questioned by guards there and he lies and tells them that he is what, so he can get into Japan?

4. Which of these does Gulliver see?

5. When the magnet is parallel to the horizon, the island does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Gulliver tries to prove to the king that the people of England are smart.

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

3. Describe Gulliver's encounter with the pirates.

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

5. Customs of different people are a big part of the book. What custom must Gulliver follow in Part 3, Chapter 9 and how, in general, does Gulliver deal with the customs of people he encounters?

6. When the king asks Gulliver to tell him about England, what are some of the things that Gulliver tells him?

7. In Part 3, Chapter 5, how is Gulliver further introduced to the ideas and beliefs of the Laputians?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Gulliver's encounter with the pirates is interesting. It brings up questions of ethics.

Part 1: Explain, in detail, Gulliver's encounter with the pirates and his discovery of Laputa.

Part 2: How does modern piracy of things, such as computer software, compare and contrast to the piracy that Gulliver encountered.

Part 3: Is modern software piracy really any different from piracy in Gulliver's times? Do people justify modern piracy? If so, in what ways?

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,208 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample