Top 50+ Solved Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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.
Q. Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing?
a. Brobdingnag
b. Laputa
c. Blefuscu
d. Lagado
Q. Gulliver concludes his narrative by claiming that all the lands he visited belong byrights to
a. England
b. Portugal
c. Lilliput
d. Blefuscu
Q. When Gulliver reaches the land of Brobdingnag he finds himself surrounded by a race of
a. giants
b. horse
c. dwarfs
d. superhumans
Q. The first fantasy island that Gulliver visits on his travel is the island of
a. Brobdingnag
b. Laputa
c. Houyhnhms
d. Lilliput
Q. What is Gulliver’s profession before he begins his voyage
a. Lawyer
b. Surgeon
c. Merchant
d. Dentist
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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