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  • 1. What is the name of the protagonist in 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Lemuel Gulliver
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Pedro
D) Tommy
  • 2. What is the first country Gulliver visits?
A) Lilliput
B) Japan
C) Laputa
D) Brobdingnag
  • 3. What is the flying island that Gulliver visits?
A) Lilliput
B) Brobdingnag
C) Laputa
D) Gulliver's Isle
  • 4. What is the main theme of 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Religious faith
B) Adventure and exploration
C) Romantic love
D) Critique of human nature
  • 5. In which part of the book does Gulliver encounter the floating island?
A) Part IV
B) Part III
C) Part I
D) Part II
  • 6. What do the Yahoos resemble?
A) Pigs
B) Human beings
C) Cats
D) Monkeys
  • 7. Which character is known for their rigid adherence to rules in Lilliput?
A) The philosopher
B) The general
C) The emperor
D) Gulliver
  • 8. What type of creatures inhabit the land of Houyhnbnms?
A) Horses
B) Dogs
C) Birds
D) Humans
  • 9. Who is the author of 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Daniel Defoe
B) Henry Fielding
C) Samuel Richardson
D) Jonathan Swift
  • 10. What year was 'Gulliver's Travels' published?
A) 1726
B) 1735
C) 1719
D) 1704
  • 11. Which profession did Lemuel Gulliver hold before becoming a captain of several ships?
A) Lawyer
B) Teacher
C) Merchant
D) Surgeon
  • 12. Who remarked that 'Gulliver's Travels' is read by everyone from the cabinet council to the nursery?
A) John Gay
B) William Thackeray
C) Samuel Johnson
D) Alexander Pope
  • 13. How was 'Gulliver's Travels' originally classified by Swift?
A) As a romance novel
B) As children's literature
C) As a travelogue
D) As a political satire.
  • 14. What are the inhabitants of Lilliput known for?
A) Living peacefully with humans
B) Practicing advanced mathematics
C) Being giants
D) Engaging in petty political disputes.
  • 15. In which land does Lemuel Gulliver find himself among giants?
A) Lilliput
B) Houyhnhnm
C) Laputa
D) Brobdingnag
  • 16. What type of beings does Gulliver encounter in Laputa?
A) Tiny people
B) Impractical intellectuals disconnected from reality.
C) Peaceful horses
D) Savage human-like creatures
  • 17. Who are the savage human-like creatures found alongside rational beings in Houyhnhnm?
A) Laputans
B) Yahoos.
C) Lilliputians
D) Brobdingnagians
  • 18. What was Swift's stated intention for writing 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) To promote scientific discovery
B) To entertain children
C) To document real travels
D) To vex the world rather than divert it.
  • 19. How did William Thackeray describe 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) As humorous
B) As romantic
C) As blasphemous.
D) As enlightening
  • 20. What is the status of 'Gulliver's Travels' in modern times?
A) It is only studied by historians
B) It is considered outdated
C) It remains popular due to its insightful social commentary.
D) It is largely forgotten
  • 21. What is Swift's position among Irish authors in terms of publication?
A) He is the most widely read and translated.
B) He is mostly studied by historians
C) He is only popular in Ireland
D) He is least known
  • 22. What was a likely reason Swift had another writer copy his manuscript?
A) To shorten the novel
B) To avoid legal issues due to its political satire.
C) To translate it into other languages
D) To improve the writing style
  • 23. What language is referred to as 'Liliputian' in the novel?
A) Greek
B) Hebrew
C) Latin
D) A made-up language.
  • 24. What does Gulliver do to aid the Lilliputians against Blefuscu?
A) Trains them in warfare tactics
B) Negotiates a peace treaty
C) Steals their naval fleet
D) Provides them with weapons
  • 25. What does Gulliver carry with him when he leaves Lilliput?
A) Weapons for defense
B) Gold and jewels
C) Maps and charts
D) Some Lilliputian animals
  • 26. How tall is the farmer who finds Gulliver in Brobdingnag?
A) He is of average human height.
B) Approximately 100 feet (30 m) tall.
C) Around 50 feet (15 m) tall.
D) About 72 feet (22 m) tall.
  • 27. How does Laputa control rebellious cities on the ground?
A) Using spies and informants.
B) By throwing rocks down at them.
C) Through diplomatic negotiations.
D) With a powerful army.
  • 28. What is the name of the ship Gulliver commands at the beginning of Part IV?
A) a fishing boat
B) a battleship
C) a pirate vessel
D) a merchantman
  • 29. What happens to Gulliver's crew during the voyage in Part IV?
A) They desert him willingly.
B) They are captured by pirates.
C) They become loyal companions.
D) They commit mutiny against him.
  • 30. What dynamic do some scholars identify between the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos?
A) A brother/sister relationship.
B) A predator/prey relationship.
C) An equal partnership.
D) A master/slave dynamic.
  • 31. What was the price of the first edition of Gulliver's Travels?
A) 12s. 3d.
B) 8s. 6d.
C) 5s.
D) 10s.
  • 32. Who contributed Verses on Gulliver's Travels that Swift liked?
A) John Gay.
B) Alexander Pope.
C) Benjamin Motte.
D) Edmund Curll.
  • 33. Who was believed to have annotated the copy of Motte's work that Faulkner had access to?
A) Jonathan Swift
B) Charles Ford
C) George Faulkner
D) William Wood
  • 34. What does the city of Lindalino allegorically represent in Part III?
A) Laputa
B) Dublin
C) Brobdingnag
D) London
  • 35. Which British imposition is represented by the impositions of Laputa?
A) The Navigation Acts
B) The Sugar Act
C) William Wood's poor-quality copper currency
D) The Stamp Act
  • 36. Which author's work does Gulliver's Travels systematically rebut according to the text?
A) Charles Dickens
B) Daniel Defoe
C) Mary Shelley
D) Jane Austen
  • 37. What does Gulliver find in each of his travels?
A) A treasure
B) A friend
C) A new language
D) An enemy
  • 38. Who returns Gulliver to England at the end of the book?
A) The king of Brobdingnag
B) Captain Robinson
C) A Laputan scientist
D) The Portuguese captain, Don Pedro
  • 39. What does Gulliver frequently use to describe magnified images in Brobdingnag?
A) Neutral descriptions without emotion.
B) Reflective and philosophical terms.
C) Words of admiration and respect.
D) The sensory word 'nauseous'.
  • 40. Which voyage does Arthur Case highlight as crucial for Gulliver's development of misanthropy?
A) The second voyage
B) The fourth voyage
C) The first voyage
D) The third voyage
  • 41. What does Gulliver see at the center of human nature?
A) Perfect civility
B) Inherent goodness
C) Bleak fallenness
D) Unwavering reason
  • 42. Which British statesman is Flimnap likely an allusion to?
A) William Pitt the Elder
B) Henry Pelham
C) Robert Harley
D) Sir Robert Walpole
  • 43. What does the Academy of Lagado in Part III satirize?
A) Colonial administrations
B) London universities
C) The Royal Society
D) The British Parliament
  • 44. Which financial scandal is associated with the term 'projectors' in Part III?
A) The South Sea Bubble
B) The Mississippi Company collapse
C) The Tulip Mania
D) The Great Depression
  • 45. What role does Swift's satire extend to, beyond political projectors?
A) The satirist himself
B) Historians of the time
C) Literary critics
D) Religious leaders
  • 46. What term does Swift use to describe oppression in both Ireland and Houyhnhnmland?
A) Colonialism
B) Slavery
C) Despotism
D) Tyranny
  • 47. Who claimed that deciphering the Lilliputian language was a waste of time?
A) Viscount Bolingbroke
B) Irving Rothman
C) James Beattie
D) Isaac Asimov
  • 48. Who praised Swift's work for its 'truth' and satire?
A) Viscount Bolingbroke
B) James Beattie
C) Isaac Asimov
D) William Makepeace Thackeray
  • 49. Who criticized Swift for his overt use of misanthropy?
A) Viscount Bolingbroke
B) James Beattie
C) William Makepeace Thackeray
D) Isaac Asimov
  • 50. What does the term 'Brobdingnagian' mean according to the Oxford English Dictionary?
A) Small and delicate
B) Very large or gigantic
C) Rude and violent
D) Intelligent and cunning
  • 51. What is the term 'yahoo' often used to describe?
A) A rude, noisy, or violent person
B) A very large creature
C) A small and delicate object
D) An intelligent being
  • 52. Who wrote 'Le Nouveau Gulliver'?
A) Abbé Pierre Desfontaines
B) Frigyes Karinthy
C) Jorge Luis Borges
D) Isaac Asimov
  • 53. In Robert Heinlein's 'Starman Jones', what type of beings dominate humanoids?
A) Underwater women
B) Giant humans
C) Intelligent 'horses'
D) Small people with golf balls for heads
  • 54. Which Hungarian writer wrote satirical novels featuring Gulliver?
A) Edgar Brau
B) Abbé Pierre Desfontaines
C) Frigyes Karinthy
D) Jorge Luis Borges
  • 55. What is the theme of Frigyes Karinthy's novel 'Voyage to Faremido'?
A) Primitive men
B) Political satire
C) Underwater worlds
D) Artificial intelligence
  • 56. What is the name of the fictitious race in 'Gravity Falls' that resembles Lilliputians?
A) Brobdingnagians
B) Endians
C) Yahoos
D) Lilliputtians
  • 57. Who composed the 'Gulliver Suite' for two violins?
A) Georg Philipp Telemann
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C) Johann Sebastian Bach
D) Ludwig van Beethoven
  • 58. What is the title of the 1965 Japanese animated film featuring Gulliver?
A) Gulliver's Lunar Adventure
B) Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
C) The Adventures of Gulliver: Space Edition
D) Gulliver in Outer Space
  • 59. Which film starring Richard Harris was released in 1977?
A) Gulliver and the Giants
B) The Adventures of Gulliver: The Movie
C) Gulliver's Travels, a British-Belgian film
D) Gulliver's New Journey
  • 60. Which 1996 animated film was produced by Golden Films?
A) The Adventures of Gulliver: The Animation
B) Gulliver's Travels, a 1996 animated film
C) Gulliver's Animated Journey
D) Gulliver in Cartoon Land
  • 61. Which 1996 American TV miniseries featured Ted Danson as Gulliver?
A) Gulliver's Travels, a 1996 American TV miniseries
B) The Adventures of Gulliver: The Series
C) Ted Danson in Lilliput
D) Gulliver's New World
  • 62. Which film is a 2010 American production starring Jack Black?
A) The Adventures of Gulliver: The New Age
B) Jack Black and the Giants
C) Gulliver's Travels, a 2010 American film
D) Gulliver's Modern Journey
  • 63. In which year was 'Gulliver's Travels' adapted as part of the Favorite Story series?
A) 1948
B) 1999
C) 2005
D) 2012
  • 64. Who starred in the 2012 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Matthew Broughton
B) Neil Pearson
C) Brian Gulliver
D) Arthur Darvill
  • 65. Which edition of 'Gulliver's Travels' is edited by Robert DeMaria Jr.?
A) Oxford University Press, 2005
B) W.W. Norton, 2009
C) Penguin, 2008
D) W.W. Norton, 2001
  • 66. What is the basis for the text of 'Gulliver's Travels' in The Essential Writings of Jonathan Swift?
A) 2012 BBC Radio adaptation
B) Faulkner's 1735 edition
C) 2008 Penguin edition
D) 1726 edition
  • 67. Who edited the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift as of 2005?
A) Robert DeMaria Jr.
B) Ian Higgins
C) Claude Rawson
D) Herbert Davis et al.
  • 68. Which radio adaptation of 'Gulliver's Travels' was part of the Radio Tales series?
A) Brian Gulliver's Travels
B) 1999
C) 1948
D) 2012
  • 69. Who adapted 'Gulliver's Travels' for the 2012 BBC Radio 4 production?
A) Robert DeMaria Jr.
B) Herbert Davis
C) Claude Rawson
D) Matthew Broughton
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