Gulliver's Travel Study Guide
1.
How does Gulliver end up stranded in Lilliput? Shipwreck
2.
How do the Lilliputians offer Gulliver something to drink? Barrels of wine
3.
How does Gulliver earn the title of Nardac in Lilliput? captures the fleet of ships of the
Blefuscudu
4.
Instead of killing him outright, the Lilliputians decide on which of the following
punishments for Gulliver? Blind and starve him
5.
What is the line of doctrine over which the Blefuscudians and Lilliputians differ?
“All true believers will break their eggs at the small end.”
6.
Who is Gulliver’s main caretaker in Brobdingnag?
Glumdalclitch
7.
How does Gulliver leave Brobdingnag? carried away by a giant eagle
8.
Who first discovers Gulliver in Brobdingnag? farmer
9.
What does the farmer make Gulliver do in order to earn money?
do tricks for audience
10.
Who is Gulliver’s main enemy in the royal court of Brobdingnag? Dwarf
11.
What human invention does Gulliver propose to the king of Brobdingnag that the king
finds revolting? gunpowder
12.
How does Gulliver end up in Laputa? ship is attacked by pirates
13.
Why does Gulliver seem stupid to the Laputans? he is ignorant of music and
mathematics
16.
Why is Gulliver exiled from the land of the Houyhnhnms? because he is
Yahoo and they are afraid he will start a riot
17.
Why is Lord Munodi looked down upon by the government in Lagado? He uses
traditional methods that work
18.
Who are Gulliver’s closest friends after he returns from his time with the Houyhnhnms?
two horses
19.
How does the king of Luggnagg dispose of his enemies in the court?
poisons the floor they have to lick
20.
On which island is Gulliver given the opportunity to summon the shades of the dead?
Glubbdubdrib
21.
Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing?
Brobdingnag
22.
Which adjectives best describe Gulliver’s personality in the first three voyages?
gullible and honest
23.
Which of the places does Gulliver visit last? Houyhnhnmland
24.
Gulliver’s Travels is essentially a satire on what? the nature of man
25.
In the utopia called the Country of the Houyhnhnms, what do the horses represent?
the perfection of nature
26.
Gulliver’s visit to Lilliput allows Swift to satirize what sort of rulers?
small minded, self-absorbed, can’t see the big picture
27.
Who does Gulliver describe as “the most filthy, noisome, and deformed animals which
nature ever produced”? Yahoos
28.
Who are the Lilliputians’ enemies? Blefuscudians
29.
Who says the following: “When I thought of my family, my friends, my countrymen,
or human race in general I considered them as they really were, Yahoos in shape and
disposition…” Gulliver
30.
Who says the following: “I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most
pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface
of the earth.” King of Brobdingnag
A. Lemuel Gulliver –Our tour guide through the adventures
B. Emperor of Lilliput- represents George I; tyranny, cruelty, lust for power and corruption
C. Brobdingnagian Farmer- poor man who seizes Gulliver as a way to make money
D. Brobdingnagian King- represents Swift’s idea of a just, wise and strong ruler
E. Glumdalclitch- daughter of the farmer who takes care of Gulliver
F. Laputans- represents science cut off from the demands of real life
G. Lord Munodi- lives in Balnibarbi. Has respect for the old ways even though others mock
him
H. the immortals of Luggnagg- miserable human beings
I. Houyhnhnms- horses who are the masters of a utopian society
J. Yahoos- embodies the lowest traits in human nature. Humans in beast form.
K. Captain Pedro De Mendez- captain of the ship that rescues Gulliver when the Houyhnhnms
send him away