Gulliver’s Travels: Summary of Questions and Answers
Gulliver’s Travels: Q&A
Lilliput
How does Gulliver end up stranded in Lilliput?
A – He survives a shipwreck.
How do the Lilliputians offer Gulliver something to drink?
D – They roll out barrels of wine.
How does Gulliver earn the title of Nardac in Lilliput?
A – By capturing the Blefuscudian fleet.
Instead of killing him outright, the Lilliputians decide on which of the following punishments for Gulliver?
A – Blinding him and slowly starving him to death.
What is the line of doctrine over which the Blefuscudians and Lilliputians differ?
D – “All true believers shall break their eggs at the convenient end.”
Brobdingnag
Who is Gulliver’s main caretaker in Brobdingnag?
D – Glumdalclitch.
How does Gulliver leave Brobdingnag?
C – He is carried away by a giant eagle.
Who first discovers Gulliver in Brobdingnag?
B – A field worker.
What does the farmer make Gulliver do in order to earn money?
A – Perform tricks for spectators.
Who is Gulliver’s main enemy in the royal court of Brobdingnag?
A – The dwarf.
What human invention does Gulliver propose to the king of Brobdingnag that the king finds revolting?
A – Gunpowder.
Laputa
How does Gulliver end up in Laputa?
A – Pirates attack his ship.
What do “flappers” do for the people of Laputa?
C – Keep them engaged in conversations.
Why does Gulliver seem stupid to the Laputans?
B – He is ignorant of music and mathematics.
Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Houyhnhnms Land
Why does Gulliver summon the shades of René Descartes and Pierre Gassendi to talk to Aristotle?
C – Descartes and Gassendi were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle’s theories.
Why is Gulliver exiled from the land of the Houyhnhnms?
C – The Houyhnhnms decide that it is not right for a Yahoo to live among them.
Why is Lord Munodi looked down upon by the government in Lagado?
A – He uses traditional methods of agriculture and architecture.
Who are Gulliver’s closest friends after he returns from his time with the Houyhnhnms?
C – Two horses.
How does the king of Luggnagg dispose of his enemies in the court?
B – By poisoning the floor they are required to lick as they approach him.
On which island is Gulliver given the opportunity to summon the shades of the dead?
B – Glubbdubdrib.
What is different about the Struldbrugs of Luggnagg?
A – They are immortal.
General Questions
Which of the following kinds of specialized language does Swift not ridicule?
C – Culinary.
Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing?
B – Brobdingnag.
Which of the following adjectives best describe Gulliver’s personality in the first three voyages?
C – Gullible and honest.
Which of the following places does Gulliver visit last?
C – Houyhnhnmland.
When Gulliver is younger, he leaves college and becomes a…
Doctor.
…Is one of the most important officials who helps Gulliver at first?
Reldresal.
The servants of the president of Glubbdubdrib are all…
Ghosts.
The… are ugly animals with human faces.
Yahoos.