Free Printable Gulliver's Travels

1.

What is Gulliver's first name?

a)

Lemuel

b)

Aloysius

c)

Kirby

d)

Bertram

2.

What is Gulliver's initial occupation as he begins his travels on board a ship captained by a certain Mr. Powell?

a)

Cartographer

b)

Surgeon

c)

Navy

d)

Cook

3.

After a period of time, Gulliver desires to be released from his confinement. The King agrees but only under a certain number of conditions. Which one of these are not, in essence, one of those conditions?

a)

He must make warning before entering into the metropolis, so the population can confine themselves to their quarters

b)

He must help produce the food and liquid that he will use for personal consuption

c)

He must aide Lilliput against its enemy by helping to destroy the enemy's fleet

d)

He must not trample upon any citizens, their horses or their carriages

4.

Gulliver learns from one of the king's secretaries that all is not well in Lilliput. It seems that Lilliput has an enemy that resides upon a nearby island. What is this island called?

a)

Lustrog

b)

Blefusco

c)

Brundecral

d)

Tramecksan

5.

What is the ridiculous reason behind the war in which Lilliput is currently engaging, and behind the factionalism within the imperial court?

a)

Disagreement on how to break open an egg

b)

Controversy over whether to part a man's hair on the left or right

c)

Misunderstanding about how a letter of alphabet is written

d)

Dispute about the nature of yawning

6.

Swift is making fun of the arguments between Protestant England and Catholic France.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The people of Lilliput found Gulliver to be

a)

a gentle giant.

b)

mean and evil.

c)

afraid of them.

d)

angry with them.

8.

Who wrote "Gulliver's Travels"

a)

John Milton

b)

John Bunyan

c)

Jonathan Swift

9.

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

a)

only six inches tall.

b)

all giants.

c)

very friendly.

d)

happy to see him.

10.

When Gulliver tried to move while he was tied down,

a)

he hurt his back.

b)

the Lilliputians cut him loose.

c)

he was showered with hundreds of tiny arrows.

d)

he broke all the cords and ran away.

11.

Gulliver probably agreed to help save the Lilliputians because

a)

the king paid him to do so.

b)

Gulliver wanted to escape from the island.

c)

Gulliver didn't like the King of

Blefuscu.

d)

the people of Lilliput had taken good care of him, and they had become good friends.

12.

Satire that criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-heartedhumor.

a)

Horatio

b)

Juvenile

c)

Horatian

d)

Juvenalian

13.

An obvious exaggeration

a)

hyperbole

b)

sarcasm

c)

understatement

d)

reversal

14.

Rhetorical device that relies mainly on stats, numbers, charts, or other evidence

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

kairos

15.

Satire that addresses social evil through scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule.

a)

Horatian

b)

Juvenalian

c)

Horatio

d)

Juvenile

16.

Rhetorical device that evokes strong emotion

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

kairos

17.

A drastic overstatement

a)

understatement

b)

exaggeration

c)

parody

d)

reversal

18.

Lessening the importance of an event or moment

a)

hyperbole

b)

incongruity

c)

understatement

d)

invective

19.

In Gulliver's Travels, "Journey to Lilliput" what is being satirzed?

a)

England's treatment of the Irish

b)

The schism of the Catholic & Protestant Churches

c)

The plight of the poor Irish children

d)

The Catholic Church

20.

Who/what do the "Little-Endians" represent/symbolize?

a)

England

b)

The Catholic Church

c)

France

d)

The Church of England

Gulliver's Travels

Total questions: 20

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