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