WorksheetsGulliver's Travels Book 1 Chapter 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
My _____ and _____ had gained so far on the emperor and his court, and indeed upon the army and people in general, that I began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time.
gentleness; good behavior
knowledge; dexterity
confidence; pleading
Which entertainment took Gulliver's attention the most?
hide and seek
country shows
rope dancing
When a great office is vacant, either by ______ or ______ (which often happens,) five or six of those candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a dance on the rope
(a)
...and whoever jumps the highest, without falling, succeeds in the ______.
next level of rope dancing
office
kingdom
military
________, the treasurer, is allowed to cut a caper on the straight rope, at least an inch higher than any other lord in the whole empire. I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common packthread in England.
Reldresal
Emperor
Empress
Flimnap
My friend ______, principal secretary for private affairs, is, in my opinion, if I am not partial, the second after the treasurer; the rest of the great officers are much upon a par.
Reldresal
Emperor
Empress
Flimnap
These diversions are often attended with _____ accidents, whereof great numbers are on record. I myself have seen two or three candidates break a limb.
minor
long-term
deadly
several
______ would infallibly have broke his neck, if one of the king's cushions, that accidentally lay on the ground, had not weakened the force of his fall.
Reldresal
Emperor
Empress
Flimnap
What is the order of the three table silken threads awarded to the rope dancers?
red, blue, and green
green, yellow, and red
blue, red, and green
yellow, red, and green
I took nine of these sticks, and fixing them firmly in the ground in a quadrangular figure, two feet and a half square, I took four other sticks, and tied them parallel at each corner, about two feet from the ground; then I fastened my (a) to the nine sticks that stood erect;
When I had finished my work, I desired the emperor to let a troop of his ______ ______ twenty–four in number, come and exercise upon this plain.
(a)
no ill accident happened in these entertainments; only once a fiery horse, that belonged to one of the captains, pawing with his hoof, struck a ______ in my handkerchief, and his foot slipping, he overthrew his rider and himself
What is being described by the line below?
...riding near the place where I was first taken up, had seen a great black substance lying on the around, very oddly shaped, extending its edges round, as wide as his majesty's bedchamber, and rising up in the middle as high as a man.
Two days after this adventure, the emperor, having ordered that part of his army which quarters in and about his metropolis, to be in readiness, took a fancy of diverting himself in a very singular manner. He desired I would stand like a (a) , with my legs as far asunder as I conveniently could.
I had sent so many memorials and petitions for my liberty, that his majesty at length mentioned the matter, first in the cabinet, and then in a full council; where it was opposed by none, except ______, who was pleased, without any provocation, to be my mortal enemy.
Flimnap
Skyresh Bolgolam
the Empress
Reldresal
Whose name is Golbasto Momarem Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue?
(a)
How many articles were there that Lemuel Gulliver obliged to perform?
7
8
9
10
6th, He shall be our ally against our enemies in the island of _______, and do his utmost to destroy their fleet, which is now preparing to invade us.
Jonathan Swift intended to represent ______ by the rival island Blefuscu.
England
France
I swore and subscribed to these articles with great cheerfulness and content, although some of them were not so honorable as I could have wished; which proceeded wholly from the malice of Skyresh Bolgolam, the high–admiral: whereupon my chains were immediately unlocked, and I was at full (a) .
