Gulliver Quiz

1. In the fourth voyage, which beings physically resemble humans but are portrayed as degraded and driven by appetite?

2. Gulliver wants to question famous figures from the past directly. Which island offers that opportunity?

3. A Lilliputian insists that an egg must be opened at the officially approved end. Which conflict does this reflect?

4. Who becomes Gulliver’s devoted caretaker in Brobdingnag?

5. Which sequence correctly orders the four principal voyages?

6. Which project belongs to the Academy of Lagado and illustrates Swift’s satire of impractical experimentation?

7. Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels?

8. Which chain of events leads to Gulliver’s departure from Brobdingnag?

9. Who treats Gulliver compassionately and carries him toward home after he leaves the land of the Houyhnhnms?

10. What kind of beings are the Houyhnhnms?

11. After learning that he may be blinded in Lilliput, where does Gulliver first seek refuge?

12. Someone expects the immortal Struldbrugs to remain youthful forever. What does Gulliver learn instead?

13. Gulliver offers to teach the King of Brobdingnag how to make gunpowder. How does the king respond?

14. Before and during his voyages, what occupation most directly enables Gulliver to serve aboard ships?

15. Gulliver is displayed as a tiny curiosity by a farmer while ordinary animals become dangerous to him. Where is he?

16. A visitor meets people so absorbed in mathematics and music that attendants must tap them to gain their attention. Where is the visitor?