Gulliver’s Travels
Chapter 11:
1. Glubdubdrib means an island of magicians.
2. All the important people in glubdubdrib are good at
magicians.
3. The President is the best magicians of them all.
4. The President had some strange servants. They are
ghosts.
5. When the king doesn’t need the servants, he waved a
hand and they simply disappeared.
Answer the following questions:
1. “ You could ask them questions about their lives.”
a) Who said these words ? To whom ?
The president said these to Gulliver.
b) What were they talking about ?
The President asked Gulliver if he would like to call a ghost
anyone from the beginning of the world up to the present
day.
2. Which of the ghosts did Gulliver like to see ?
He would like to see first, Alexander the Great.( The
famous king who lived long ago in Greece. Then, he would
like to see Julius Caesar and Brutus. They were two
Romans.
3. “ I drank too much and died of fever.”
a) Who was the speaker ? Who was the addressee ?
The speaker was the ghost of Alexander the Great and
Gulliver was the addressee.
b) Why did the speaker say these words ?
The ghost was trying to answer Gulliver’s questions as he
wanted to know how he was dead .
4. What is a Struldbrug ?
He is a human being who will never die but will live
forever .
Chapter 12
-------------1. Gulliver’s sailors attacked him and leave him on a small
island because they wanted to take control of the ship
and become pirates.
Answer the following questions :
1. Who was in control of the island ?
Horses were in control of the island .
2. Who were the servants in the country of Houys
They were ugly animals called Yahoos that had human faces.
3. What did Gulliver eat on the island ?
He baked little cakes made of corn . Sometimes he caught
a bird and cooked it .
4. Why was Gulliver so happy in the land of Houys ?
He was so happy because he thought that the Houys were
right with their ideas as they don’t want fight wars and tell
lies as humans did .
Peace and truth are more important than making war and
money .
5. Why did Houys ask Gulliver to leave their country ?
They asked him so because he wasn’t one of them nor a
yahoo .
6. How did Gulliver feel about his family when he got
home ?
He felt that they all looked and smelt like yahoos and he
asked them to keep away from him .
7. What did Gulliver realize five years later ?
He realized that Humans are all yahoos . They still lie ,
steal and fight just as they always do .
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The End