Gulliver's Travel Excerpt

Which of the following is the best definition of satire?

• a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn

• allegorical drama having personified abstract qualities as the main characters

• spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The story is narrated

• in third person

• by an omniscient narrator

• by a first person narrator

• in the diary form

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

The Lilliputian tied Gulliver down to the ground with

• String
• Tape
• Staples
• Wire

Gulliver was surprised to see that the people on the island of Lilliput were

• only six inches tall.

• all giants.

• very friendly.

• happy to see him.

When Gulliver tried to move while he was tied down,

• he hurt his back.

• the Lilliputians cut him loose.

• he was showered with hundreds of tiny arrows.

• he broke all the cords and ran away.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following are characteristics of the Lilliputians?

• friendly and kind

• dishonest and ambitious

• very small in physical stature

• boastful of their civilization's accomplishments

The Lilliputians were a little bigger than Gulliver's 

• Arm 
• Hand
• Leg
• head

In Gulliver's Travels, which is the main reason that the principal secretary Reldresal visits Gulliver?

• to congratulate Gulliver on his freedom.

• to teach Gulliver about Lilliputian history.

• to convince Gulliver to defend Lilliput.

• to force Gulliver to choose the Tramecksan party.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What conflict among the Lilliputian people leads to a war with their enemy nation Blefescu?

• Capitalists vs Socialists

• Shirts vs. Skins

• Lakers vs. Heat

• Big-Endians vs. Small-Endians

Little Enders cut their eggs at the *

• Little end
• big End 
• They don't cut their eggs

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3