1. Gulliver’s Travels
Test Review

2. Character matching
Portuguese sea captain
Captain Pedro de Mendez

3. odious beasts who resemble humans
Yahoos

4. group of immortals
struldbrugs

5. Gulliver’s guide in Lagado
Lord Munodi

6. secretary of treasury in Lilliput
Flimnap

7. Glumdalclitch’s name for Gulliver
Grildrig

8. admiral of the realm of Lilliput
Skyresh Bolgolam

9. Gulliver’s nurse in Brobdingnag
Glumdalclitch
Glumdalclitch

10. secretary of private affairs in Lilliput
Reldresal

11. narrator of Gulliver’s Travels
Lemuel Gulliver

12. True or False The argument between the Big-Endians
and the Little-Endians represents a
quarrel between the Catholics and the
Protestants of Swift’s day.
True

13. Gulliver enjoys living with the
Houyhnhnms and doesn’t want to leave
their country.
True

14. In A Voyage to Lilliput, the author
satirizes the governments of France and
England.
true

15. Gulliver is delighted to take the tour of the
cities of Brobdingnag with his master, the
farmer, as his performances in these
cities make him rich.
false

16. Lilliputians consider fraud more serious
than theft.
True

17. Obedience to the law in Lilliput is
encouraged by reward and punishment.
True

18. The object that the Lilliputians suppose is
Gulliver’s god is his hat.
False

19. The woman of Laputa are symbols of
loyal wives.
true

20. The Laputians are continually worried that
the world will be destroyed.
True

21. The Laputians are very awkward and
clumsy in the common affairs of life.
True

22. The people of Laputa are excellent
conversationalists.
False

23. The King of Brobdingnag has great
respect and sympathy for Europeans after
he learns about them from Gulliver.
False

24. There is constant civil strife among the
Brobdingnagians.
False

25. The Brobdingnagians are bookish people,
indulging in much abstract learning.
False

26. At the end of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver
tells that what he hates most about
humans is their unreasonable pride.
True

27. The grand maxim among the
Houyhnhnms is to cultivate reason and
live according to its dictates.
True

28. The Lilliputians are about sixty feet tall.
False

29. The Yahoos are used, in the land of
Houyhnhnms, as teachers of the young
colts.
False

30. On the island of Glubbdubdrib, Gulliver is
able to interview any historical person he
wants.
True

31. The Yahoos are a vicious caricature of
the human race.
True

32. Multiple Choice The author’s treatment of his theme and
subject is (a) sober and direct; (b)
lighthearted and humorous; (c) absurd
and ridiculous. A

33. As a test for high office in Lilliput,
candidates demonstrate their ability by (a)
doing a dance on a tight rope; (b) jumping
through a flaming loop; (c) competing in
oratorical contests. a

34. Lemuel Gulliver is a (a) ship’s doctor; (b)
merchant; (c) common sailor. a

35. In discussing methods of choosing public
officials in the original institutions of
Lilliput, Swift is trying to impress the
reader with the fact that (a) intellect is
more important than morals in carrying
out public duties; (b) an ignorant person is
more dangerous than a corrupt, brilliant
person; (c) morals are more important
than great abilities in carrying out public
duties. c

36. Gulliver repeatedly goes to sea to (a)
escape his nagging wife; (b) improve his
fortunes; (c) explore for the Queen. b

37. When the Lilliputian emperor wants to
reduce Blefuscu to a province of Lilliput,
Gulliver (a) is delighted with this plan; (b)
refuses to be a party to such a plan; (c)
draws up plans for ruling the new territory. b

38. The struldbrugs are (a) Brobdingnagians
who live forever; (b) Luggnaggians who
never die; (c) a race of giants. b

39. Gulliver is marooned on Lilliput because
of (a) pirates; (b) a mutiny; (c) a
shipwreck. c

40. The emperor of Lilliput confers upon
Gulliver the highest title of honor because
Gulliver (a) saves the royal palace from
destruction by fire; (b) captures the navy
of Blefuscu; (c) settles the controversy
between the Big-Endians and
Little-Endians. b

41. The Assembly of Houyhnhnms decides to
banish Gulliver from their land because
he (a) has formed too many emotional
attachments with female Yahoos; (b) may
make use of the Yahoos against them; (c)
refuses to help them exterminate the
Yahoos. b

42. Which of the following is NOT a part of
the terms for Gulliver’s freedom in
Lilliput? (a) He must not depart without
permission; (b) His walks must be
confined to the principal roads in the city;
(c) He may never return to England. c

43. When Gulliver is banished from the land
of the Houyhnhnms, his intentions are to
(a) return to his family and work in
England as soon as possible; (b) return to
the land of the admirable
Brobdingnagians; (c) find some
uninhabited island to spend the rest of his
life. c

44. The emperor’s court at Lilliput decides
that for alleged treason Gulliver’s
punishment will be (a) being buried alive;
(b) banishment from Lilliput; (c) being
blinded. c

45. When Gulliver tells the Brobdingnagian
king about English political life, the king
(a) is impressed with English government
and morality; (b) sends one of his
greatest scholars to study the English
form of government; (c) thinks it
contemptible that such little creatures are
capable of such great conflicts between
them. c

46. When Gulliver returns home, after his
fourth voyage, he spends most of his time
with his (a) horses; (b) children; (c)
minister. a

47. Through the scientists of Laputa and
Balnibarbi, Swift is attacking the (a)
tremendous expense involved in scientific
experiments; (b) complete reliance of
intellect to solve all human problems; (c)
substitution of science for liberal arts in
schools. b

48. An unusual requirement of Christian
visitors in Japan is to (a) attend the
Japanese church at least once a day; (b)
pledge allegiance to the Japanese king;
(c) trample on the Christian cross. c

49. The principal lesson that Swift teaches in
Gulliver’s Travels is (a) humans are
hopelessly bad, like the Yahoo; (b) the
only good life is a life of absolute reason,
like the Houyhnhnms; (c) humans,
imperfect creatures, can nevertheless
lead a good life if they recognize their
own limitations and overcome their pride. c

50. The Yahoos live in (a) Lilliput; (b)
Brobdingnag; (c) the country of the
Houyhnhnms. c

51. Gulliver is away on his voyages for the
greater part of (a) five years; (b) eleven
years; (c) seventeen years. c