Gulliver Travels - Book 1 (Short Questions)

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Gulliver’s Travels

 

Text based questions: Chapter 1 – 3

(Radha Publications book has been followed where page nos are given)

1.      Where did Gulliver live?

2.     Where did he study at fourteen?

3.     What was his profession?

4.     To whom did he become an apprentice?

5.     How long did he study physick?

6.     Where did he begin his voyaging career?

7.     To whom was Gulliver married?

8.     Where did they live then?

9.     When did Gulliver set sail on the Antelope?

10.  Who was the captain?

11.   When did he set sail?

12.  What happened to the ship?

13.  What did Gulliver find when he woke up?

14.  How long did he sleep?

15.  What was the cry after which they started attacking Gulliver?

16.  What impression does Gulliver of the people and the Emperor as he woke up? (P12)

17.  Describe the cart.

18.  Describe the temple where Gulliver was lodged?

19.  Who were the rope-dancers?

20. Why is rope-dancing practiced?

21.  What was the name of the Treasurer?

22. What was the name of Gulliver’s friend?

23. Describe the thread ceremony.

24. Why were the foot soldiers laughing?

25. Who was Skyresh Bolgolam?

26. What was the full name of the Emperor of Lilliput?

27. What was he described as?

28. Mention any two guidelines for Gulliver by the Emperor?

29. According to Gulliver, the quantity of meat and drinks allotted to him would support how many Lilliputians?

30. Describe the physical appearance of the Emperor.

31.  Describe the Emperor’s dress.

32. What arrangement was made for Gulliver’s food?

33. What were the things discovered from his pocket?

34. Who were the rope-dancers?

35. Why is rope-dancing practiced?

36. What was the name of the treasurer?

37. What is the name of Gulliver’s friend?

38.  Describe the thread-ceremony.

39. Why were the foot soldiers laughing?

40. Who was Skyresh Bolgolam?

41.  How is the emperor of Lilliput described as?

42. Mention any two guidelines for Gulliver by the Emperor?

43. According to Gulliver, the quantity of meat and drinks allotted to him would support how many Lilliputians?

44. What is the name of the metropolis?

45. Describe the city as Gulliver saw it?

46. What, according to Reldresal were the two ‘mighty evils’ for Lilliput?

47. What were the two struggling parties in the Lilliputian empire?

48. How were they distinguished?

49. How was it determined that his Heir to the crown sided with the High-Heels?

50. How did the practice of breaking the egg on the smaller end come into being?

51.  How many rebellions were fought on this account?

52. ‘The Emperor lost his life’(P36) – Which Emperor is metaphorically referred to here?

53. ‘fled for refuge to that empire’ – Which is that empire? Who fled? Give allegorical reference.

54. For how long has the battle between the Lilliputians and Blefuscu been fought?

55. Where was Blefuscu located?

56. What title was given to Gulliver for his support against Blefuscudian invasion?

57. What did the Emperor want him to do?

58. What does Gulliver do? What does it reveal about him?(ch5)

59. ‘with an avowed contempt for that of their neighbour’(p44) – What is the context of these lines?

60.  What was the most delicious wine called/ What did the Blefuscudians call it?

61.  What was the ‘greatest abhorrence’ that Gulliver had committed in the Empress palace?

62. Identify any two peculiar ‘Laws and Customs’ of the Blefuscudians?

63. What was the maxim of ‘Reward and Punishment’ practiced by the Lilliputians?

64. How did the Emperor pay more regard to good morals than to great abilities?

65. What is the infamous practice of acquiring great employment in the Lilliputian state?

66. What is the educational plan for children in Lilliput?

67. Describe the male nurseries.

68. Describe the female nurseries.

69. Where do the Cottagers and labourers keep their children?

70. How long did Gulliver live in the land of the Lilliputians?

71.  What were the things that Gulliver made for himself?

72. How was food requirement met?

73. What did Flimnap tell the Emperor about Gulliver>?

74. “the Reputation of an excellent lady, who was an innocent sufferer’ Who was this lady? How was the reputation of this lady affected?

75. Name the two informers of the Treasurer.

76. What is the title given to the Treasurer.

77. What was the private intrigue forming against Gulliver?

78. Who were the conspirators against Gulliver?

79. Identify the articles of impeachment as revealed in the most important part of the abstract according to Gulliver?

80. What would be meted out to Gulliver in pursuant to the ’merciful disposition’ of the emperor?

81.  Why did Gulliver decide against attacking Lilliput? (p63)

82. When did Gulliver set sail?

83. What did Gulliver carry as remembrance from these islands?

84.  Whom did Gulliver meet on the ship?

85. When did Gulliver finally arrive?

86. What did Gulliver do with the sheep later on?

87. How long did he stay with his family? How much did he give them for sustenance and where?

88. What did Gulliver possess by inheritance?

89. Name the children of Gulliver?

90. Where did Gulliver next sail for?

91.  What was the name of the ship?

92. Who was the commander?

 

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