Gulliver's Travels Study Guide

1. How tall are the Lilliputians?

• Human size
• 5 to 6 inches
• Giant
• About a foot tall

2. How tall are the Brobdingnags?

• Human size
• 5 to 6 inches
• Giant
• About a foot tall

3. What washes up on the shore of Lilliput?

• Gulliver's hat
• Gulliver's gunpowder pouch
• Gulliver's boat
• Gulliver's glasses

4. How does Gulliver put out the fire in the Empress's bed chamber?

• He urinates on it
• With a hose
• He doesn't
• With thimbles of water

5. What is Gulliver's role on his first voyage?

• Passenger
• Captain
• Sailors
• Surgeon

6. Which of the following is not one of the reasons Gulliver is convicted of treason in Lilliput?

• He ate too much, causing a famine
• He encouraged the Blefuscudians in their peace proposals
• He refused to continue fighting for Lilliput
• He urinated on the Empress's bed chamber

7. Who is Gulliver's enemy in Lilliput?

• Flimnap
• Himnaptude
• Frank
• Redresal

8. How does Gulliver arrive on Lilliput?

• He swims ashore after a shipwreck
• He is dropped off there by a bird
• He and his crew land there
• He can't remember

9. How do the Lilliputians decide who will take a high position in the court?

• Thumb wrestling
• Foot races
• Elections are held
• A tight-rope jumping contest

10. What is Gulliver's sentence after he is found guilty of treason in Lilliput?

• Execution
• Tickling
• Solitary confinement
• Having his eyes put out