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JonathanAuthor
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Choose the best answer.
1 Gulliver starts the first journey he describes in
_____.
a □ 1599 b □ 1699 c □ 1799 d □ 1899
2 Gulliver comes from _____.
a □ France b □ Ireland c □ England
d □ America
3 The people of Lilliput are very _____.
a □ small b □ big c □ fat d □ thin
4 The country of Lilliput is _____ the country of
Blefuscu.
a □ under b □ a long way from c □ friendly
with d □ at war with
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5 When Gulliver first arrives in Brobdingnag, he
hides in a _____.
a □ house b □ field c □ cooking pot
d □ wooden box
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6 The country of Brobdingnag is joined on to
north-west _____.
a □ America b □ Japan c □ India d □ Peru
7 In Brobdingnag, a monkey takes Gulliver _____.
a □ over the fence b □ down the garden
c □ up a tree d □ on to the roof
8 Some sailors find Gulliver in _____ in the sea.
a □ a small boat b □ an old bottle
c □ a wooden box d □ a large bath
9 Laputa is an island _____.
a □ in the sky b □ under the ground c □ in
the sea d □ inside a mountain
10 _____, Gulliver finds some strange creatures
with human faces.
a □ On Laputa b □ In Houyhnhms c □ On
Luggnagg d □ On Glubbdubdrib
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Character
Choose the best answer.
11 When Gulliver is younger, he leaves college and
becomes a _____.
a □ doctor b □ teacher c □ musician
d □ shop keeper
12 _____ is one of the most important officials
who helps Gulliver at first.
a □ Yahoo b □ Struldbrug c □ Flimnap
d □ Reldresal
13 The people of Lilliput call Gulliver the _____.
a □ Man-Mountain b □ Man-Hill c □ Man-
Giant d □ Man-House
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14 Glumdalclitch is a _____ who looks after
Gulliver in Brobdingnag.
a □ kind woman b □ kind girl c □ cruel man
d □ cruel boy
15 At the palace in Brobdingnag, the Queen’s
_____ is very cruel to Gulliver.
a □ sister b □ brother c □ magician
d □ dwarf
16 The King of Brobdingnag is very _____ when
Gulliver offers him the secret of gunpowder.
a □ happy b □ surprised c □ angry
d □ quiet
17 The servants of the President of Glubbdubdrib
are all _____.
a □ ghosts b □ giants c □ dwarves
d □ soldiers
18 A Strudlbrug is a human being who will never
_____.
a □ fight a war b □ learn to read c □ have
children d □ die
19 The Houys are _____ who are very sensible and
gentle.
a □ sailors b □ pirates c □ horses d □ dogs
20 The _____ are ugly animals with human faces.
a □ Laputans b □ Yahoos c □ Struldbrugs
d □ Lilliputians
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Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘I’m so glad they’ve taken away my chains.’
a □ Gulliver b □ Reldresal c □ the King of
Lilliput d □ the Queen of Lilliput
22 ‘For six years we’ve had two political groups, the
High-Heels and the Low-Heels.’
a □ Gulliver b □ Gulliver’s wife c □ Reldresal
d □ the King of Blefuscu
23 ‘For your bravery, you will be one of my lords
from now on.’
a □ Gulliver b □ the King of Lilliput
c □ the Queen of Lilliput d □ Flimnap
24 ‘Our neighbour has advised Father to show you
to people, for money!’
a □ Reldresal b □ the King of Brobdingnag
c □ the Queen of Brobdingnag
d □ Glumdalclitch
25 ‘As I’m a stranger here I don’t mind being shown
to people like a strange, wild animal.’
a □ Gulliver b □ Reldresal c □ the Queen of
Brobdingnag d □ Glumdalclitch
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26 ‘How amusing it is that an insect like this
should talk of such important matters!’
a □ the Queen’s dwarf b □ the King of
Brobdingnag c □ the Queen of Brobdingnag
d □ Glumdalclitch
27 ‘I’d like to give you something to thank you for
your kindness to me since I arrived at the
palace.’
a □ the Queen’s dwarf b □ Reldresal
c □ Glumdalclitch d □ Gulliver
28 ‘Young man, nobody murdered me. I drank too
much and died of a fever.’
a □ one of the ghost servants b □ the ghost
of Alexander the Great c □ the President of
Glubbdubdrib d □ the King of Laputa
29 ‘We use language in this country in order to
understand each other, and to give and receive
information.’
a □ the President of Glubbdubdrib b □ one
of the Yahoos c □ Gulliver d □ Gulliver’s
Houy master
30 ‘How can I go back to England to live with
those awful Yahoos!’
a □ a sailor on Gulliver’s ship b □ Gulliver’s
wife c □ Gulliver d □ Gulliver’s Houy master
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 very small
a □ wide b □ adequate c □ deep d □ tiny
32 to make the noise that a horse makes
a □ smile b □ shout c □ neigh d □ laugh
33 when you make a fire stop burning
a □ put off b □ put out c □ put up
d □ put on
34 when there is fighting between two different
countries
a □ war b □ argument c □ revolution
d □ system
35 a person who can make wonderful, strange
things happen
a □ master b □ professor c □ magician
d □ manager
36 very big
a □ huge b □ narrow c □ average d □ round
37 a living animal or person
a □ human b □ creature c □ object d □ thing
38 to move slowly on your hands and knees
a □ race b □ fall c □ jump d □ crawl
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39 a piece of iron that can pull other pieces of
metal to it
a □ coin b □ key c □ magnet d □ ruler
40 great surprise at something
a □ astonishment b □ worry c □ fear
d □ promise
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 When Gulliver wakes up in Lilliput he can’t _____.
a □ hear b □ see c □ speak d □ move
42 There are two different groups of people in
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Lilliput who argue about _____.
a □ which colour shoes to wear b □ which end
to break their eggs c □ which language to
speak d □ which king and queen to choose
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43 Gulliver stops the Blefuscan ships by _____ in
the sea.
a □ pulling them b □ pushing them
c □ throwing them d □ kicking them
44 Gulliver leaves Lilliput because the King is _____.
a □ kind to him b □ bored with him
c □ angry with him d □ careless with him
45 When Gulliver’s shown many different people in
Brobdingnag he becomes _____.
a □ angry and violent b □ rich and happy
c □ sad and bad d □ thin and ill
46 The King of Brobdingnag thinks that political
life in England is _____.
a □ perfect b □ terrible c □ clever d □ polite
47 The people of the island of Laputa are very
interested in _____.
a □ sport b □ art c □ maths d □ history
48 When Gulliver is with the President of
Glubbdubdrib, he talks to people _____.
a □ from the past b □ from the future
c □ from England d □ from Japan
49 Gulliver likes living with the Houys because
_____.
a □ there are no wars or crime b □ there are
no ugly servants c □ there is no food or drink
d □ there is no language
50 When Gulliver gets home, he feels _____
because everyone looks like Yahoos.
a □ happy b □ excited c □ sad d □ good
20 marks
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