WorksheetsPart IV. A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhms
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What did the recruits from Barbados's and the Leeward Islands turn out to be?
Historians
Missionaries
Prisoners
Pirates
What happened to Gulliver after he was taken prisoner?
He commandeered the ship back.
He was set ashore on a strange island.
He died.
He was thrown overboard.
True or False: The Yahoos were described as being covered in thick brown hair and having beards like goats.
True
False
True or False: The Houyhnhnm’s were described as horses with an intelligence of a human
True
False
In chapter three, what did the houyhnhnms decide Gulliver was?
Human
A Houyhnhnm
A Pirate
A Yahoo
Why did Gulliver not want to tell his master the full story about where he came from?
He wanted to keep his secret.
He didn’t want him to be offended.
He was scared they would hurt him.
He didn’t know how to tell them.
What did Gulliver do to try to remain in touch with the Houyhnhnms?
He didn’t try to remember them.
He went back to the island.
He decided to implement their ways in European government.
He got a two horses and talked to them at least four hours each day.
What did Gulliver call the Houyhnhnm who worked with him to teach home their language?
Houyhnhnm
President
Master
Friend
Which of the following topics did Gulliver discuss with Master?
War and causes of it
Food
European Government
Money and Jobs
While observing the Yahoos what did Gulliver witness?
How bad they smelled.
How they lied.
How they were stubborn.
How they were deceitful.
Why did Gulliver leave the island?
His master asked him to.
He missed Europe and his his family.
He wanted to explore other islands.
He wanted to go back to his job.
Why did Gulliver’s master ask him to leave the island?
They had a falling out.
The Houyhnhnms have voted for him to leave the island.
Gulliver committed a crime.
Gulliver offended the Houyhnhnms.
What was Gulliver’s original reaction to being home with his wife and children?
He was excited to be back because he missed them.
He never made it back home to them.
He was excited to see his children but not his wife.
He did not want to go back to European life and was disgusted by his wife and children.
What was the object of the satire?
Yahoos
Humankind
Houyhnhnms
Was the satire Horatian or Juvenalian?
Horatian
Juvenalian
