Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift MCQs Elective Core English BSc Hons

Question. What is different about the Struldbrugs of Luggnagg?
(a) They are immortal
(b) They are giants
(c) They are blind
(d) They have are extremely wild

Answer: A

Question. The flying island that Gulliver visited was
(a) Balninarbi
(b) Laputa
(c) Brobdingnag
(d) Lilliput

Answer: B

Question. The ‘greatest danger’ that Gulliver faced in Brobdingnag was from a -
(a) dwarf
(b) giant wasp
(c) gardener’s dog
(d) monkey

Answer: A

Question. The name Glubbdubdrib signifies the Island of the
(a) modern philosophy
(b) astronomy
(c) Sorcerers or Magicians
(d) Academy

Answer: A

Question. Why did Gulliver summon the shades of Rene Descartes and Pierre Gassendi to talk to Aristotle?
(a) Descartes and Gassendi were Swift's friends.
(b) They were supporters of Aristotle's theories
(c) They were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle's theories.
(d) They were working together for a common cause.

Answer: C

Question. What countries does Swift satirize with Lilliput and Blefuscu?
(a) Japan and France
(b) England and France
(c) Great Britain and North America
(d) Ireland and France

Answer: A

Question. How tall are the Lilliputians?
(a) Five to Six inches
(b) Giant
(c) Human Size
(d) About a foot tall

Answer: A

Question. When Gulliver reaches the land of Brobdingnag he finds himself surrounded by a race of
(a) giants
(b) horse
(c) dwarfs
(d) superhumans

Answer: D

Question. The first fantasy island that Gulliver visits on his travel is the island of
(a) Brobdingnag
(b) Laputa
(c) Houyhnhms
(d) Lilliput

Answer: A

Question. What is Gulliver’s profession before he begins his voyage
(a) Lawyer
(b) Surgeon
(c) Merchant
(d) Dentist

Answer: D

Question. Which society is “endowed by nature with a general disposition to all Virtues”, in Gulliver’s Travels?
(a) Brobdingnagians
(b) Houyhnhnms
(c) Laputans
(d) Yahoos

Answer: A

Question. How does Gulliver help the Lilliputians defeat Blefuscu?
(a) By stealing their ships
(b) By stomping on their ships
(c) By sinking their ships
(d) By shooting their ships

Answer: D

Question. The great invention that Gulliver offered as a gift to the king of Brobdingnag was
(a) Electricity
(b) Sewing machine
(c) Gun powder
(d) Telephone

Answer: B

Question. What is Gulliver's role on his first voyage?
(a) Sailor
(b) Captain
(c) Surgeon
(d) Passenger

Answer: D

Question. What is the name of the captain who takes Gulliver on his ship after he was shot by New Hllanders?
(a) Captain Abraham Pannell
(b) Captain John Nicholas
(c) Captain William Robinson
(d) Captain Pedro de Mendez

Answer: B

Question. Before Gulliver takes to the seas, what was his profession?
(a) Journalist
(b) Surgeon
(c) Novelist
(d) Lawyer

Answer: D

Question. How does Gulliver get home from Blefuscu?
(a) He doesn't
(b) He swims
(c) He is picked up by a large bird
(d) He finds a boat floating off shore and repairs it

Answer: A

Question. Which of the Lilliputians is the nicest to Gulliver?
(a) Redresal
(b) Flimnap
(c) The Emperor
(d) The Empress

Answer: C

Question. How does Gulliver put out the fire in the Empress' bed chamber?
(a) With a hose
(b) With a few buckets of water
(c) He urinates on it
(d) Covers it with his clothes

Answer: C

Question. How do the Lilliputians decide who will take a high position in the court?
(a) elections
(b) the king decides
(c) wrestling
(d) tight rope jumping contest

Answer: D

Question. Who raises the Lilliputian children?
(a) Their parents
(b) The Government
(c) Gulliver raises them while he's there
(d) Animals

Answer: C

Question. In his second voyage Gulliver landed on the Island of -
(a) Lilliput.
(b) Brobdingnag
(c) Houyhnhnms
(d) Laputa

Answer: B

Question. Gulliver did not surrender his ___________ to the Lilliputians.
(a) spectacles
(b) pistol
(c) watch
(d) sword

Answer: D

Question. Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing?
(a) Brobdingnag
(b) Laputa
(c) Blefuscu
(d) Lagado

Answer: A

Question. Gulliver concludes his narrative by claiming that all the lands he visited belong by rights to
(a) England
(b) Portugal
(c) Lilliput
(d) Blefuscu

Answer: A

Question. The highest title of honour given to Gulliver by the emperor was a/ an
(a) Nardac
(b) Endians
(c) Swallow
(d) Antelope

Answer: D

Question. Luggnaggians are
(a) person of quality
(b) impolite and uncultured
(c) polite and generous people
(d) disagreeable people

Answer: A

Question. During his lifetime, what genre was Jonathan Swift most widely known for?
(a) Romance
(b) Historical Fiction
(c) Fantasy
(d) Satire

Answer: C

Question. How are the Yahoos described?
(a) Hairy, dirty and deformed
(b) Civilised and good-natured
(c) Half-human, half-animal
(d) None of the above

Answer: A

Fill in the blanks

Question. Laputa is an imaginary island which means ________ .

Answer: floating island

Question. Gulliver’s enemy in Lilliput is ______

Answer: Flimnap

Question. The name Glubbdubdrib signifies the Island of the _________

Answer: Sorcerors/ magicians

Question. ________ scholars are employed to teach Gulliver in order to let him learn how to speak the language of Lilliputians.

Answer: Six

Question. The Houyhnhnms had the physical shape in the form of the _____________.

Answer: Horses

Question. The great invention that Gulliver offered to the King of Brobdingnag was _____

Answer: Gun powder

Question. Gulliver landed to the Island of Laputa on his third voyage which means _____________.

Answer: Flying or floating island

Question. Gulliver learnt the language of the Houyhnhnms by imitating the _____ sounds expressed by the horse.

Answer: nasal

Question. Gulliver’s enemy in the royal court of Brobdingnag is ___________.

Answer: The Dwarf

Question. Laputa is a _____________.

Answer: Flying/floating island

Question. Gulliver did not surrender his ___________ to the Lilliputians.

Answer: Spectacles

Question. Gulliver's first name is _____

Answer: Lamuel

Question. The animalistic creatures that serve the Houyhnhnms are the________

Answer: Yahoos

Question. The highest title of honour given to Gulliver by the emperor was a/ an ______

Answer: Nardac

Question. The ‘greatest danger’ that Gulliver faced in Brobdingnag was from a ______
Answer: Monkey