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Gulliver's Travels Review: Chs. 1-4 (Part 1)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

What happens to Gulliver's crew on his final voyage?

a)

They get marooned on an island

b)

They all died as far as Gulliver knows when their ship hit a rock

c)

Some survived after their ship hit a rock

d)

The Lilliputians killed the remaining survivors, sans Gulliver

2.

What is Gulliver's job?

a)

Physician

b)

Poop shoveler

c)

English Gentleman

d)

Artist

e)

Surgeon

3.

Why does Gulliver decide to go on another voyage?

a)

His business is thriving

b)

His wife and child demand more funds

c)

His business is failing

d)

He's bored and misses the open ocean

4.

Why is Gulliver's business failing?

a)

His master doesn't like him and causes this

b)

His master dies and Gulliver isn't social

c)

His master dies and Gulliver has a mid-life crisis

d)

His master dies and COVID closed his business for good

e)

His master decides it is best for Gulliver to work with him again

5.

Where does Gulliver end up after "swimming for his life"?

a)

The land of the Lilliputians (little people)

b)

The land of Brobdingnag

c)

The land of Houynyms

d)

The land of Sweden

e)

The land of Norway

6.

How do the Lilliputians react to Gulliver's appearance?

a)

They are unsure of him, but accept him

b)

They are unsure about him and tie him up while he sleeps

c)

They bring him chocolates and attempt to woo him with love songs

d)

They think he's fantastic and build a statue in his honor

7.

Where do the Lilliputians take Gulliver? (Choose the best answer)

a)

A Temple

b)

A Temple where a mysterious murder occurred

c)

A house specially constructed for Gulliver

d)

A house that was already there that the Lilliputians built hundreds of years ago

8.

Why does Gulliver point out how a Lilliputian has an "Austrian lip" and their clothing is "Asiatic" and "European" looking?

a)

No one knows

b)

Connection of prior knowledge

c)

Race classification

d)

Gulliver is a racist

e)

Gulliver does this to emphasize a point in which to say the people are strange

9.

What is the name of the race of little people?

(a)  

10.

Gulliver witnesses how the Lilliputians select government officials. How does this make a mockery of government overall? What is ironic about all of this?

a)

They are performing circus tricks to get into office

b)

Their government proves that the system of electing officials works quite well

c)

They are a direct representation of the fallacies of government as a whole in America

d)

They are completing tasks that in no way connect to their future responsibilities

11.

The Court discusses various ways of how to deal with Gulliver (including killing him). What changes their minds?

a)

Gulliver kills several of their kind

b)

Gulliver buys the emperor dinner (ooo la la)

c)

Gulliver sets free a few of their kind that were harassing him

d)

Gulliver eats several of their kind

12.

Why did the court decide against the idea of killing Gulliver?

a)

They wouldn't be able to dispose of the body

b)

They liked him

c)

Possible disease and plague from his corpse

d)

They are going to kill him.

13.

In chapter 4, what does the emperor finally decide to do?

a)

He kills Gulliver

b)

He continues to imprison Gulliver

c)

He sets Gulliver free

d)

He puts Gulliver to work fixing all of the damage he had done

14.

Why are their two different factions of Lilliputians? What does this represent?

a)

It's determined by the height of their heels; people purposefully looking for difference to create a race division

b)

It's determined by their height; people purposefully looking for difference to create a race division

c)

It's determined by the length of their arms; people purposefully looking for difference to create a race division

d)

There is only one faction of Lilliputians that live in peace & harmony together