What are these horses called? (Hint: Check your spelling! It's difficult.) a) Houhynhms. b) Houyhnhms. c) Houyhnhnms.
Houyhnhnms.
Why does the dwarf dislike Gulliver? (Hint: What happened to his position at court?) a) Because Gulliver mocks the royal family. b) Because Gulliver has stolen his role as the shortest person at the palace. c) Because Gulliver is danger
Because Gulliver has stolen his role as the shortest person at the palace
How did Gulliver get up to Laputa? (Hint: What does 'winched' mean?) a) He was pulled up using a fishing line. b) He was pulled up on a chain with a seat. c) The island came down to meet him at ground level.
He was pulled up on a chain with a seat.
Why won't Lady Monodi's husband notice she's gone? (Hint: She explains near the start of the programme.) a) Because she is always away. b) Because he is too busy studying. c) Because he is busy helping the poor in Lagado.
Because he is too busy studying.
Why was Gulliver surprised when he saw Lady Monodi? (Hint: She was not how Gulliver had expected her.) a) She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. b) She was ignorant and unfashionable. c) She was very different to the other
She was very different to the other Laputians.
Why is the King not impressed by gunpowder? (Hint: What does 'inhuman ideas' mean?) a) He thinks gunpowder is not a very advanced technology. b) He thinks killing people with gunpowder is evil. c) He thinks gunpowder is too complicated
He thinks killing people with gunpowder is evil.
Why are Lilliput and Blefuscu at war? (Hint: It is a very strange reason.) a) They have different religions. b) They crack their eggs differently. c) Skyresh insulted the Blefuscan king.
They crack their eggs differently.
Who wants to kill Gulliver? (Hint: Listen to the conversation between these three characters.) a) Flimnap b) Skyresh c) The King of Lilliput
Skyresh
Which Lilliputian objects caused Gulliver pain? (Hint: They were tiny versions of the real things.) a) Arrows b) Swords c)Needles
arrows
Who makes Gulliver feel at home in Brobdingnag? (Hint: Who teaches him how to speak the language?) a) The farmer. b) The farmer's wife. c) Glumdalclitch.
Glumdalclitch.
How did Gulliver stop the fire? (Hint: It offended the Queen.) a) He smothered it with his jacket. b) He stood on it. c) He urinated on it.
he urinated on it
Why does Skyresh hate Gulliver? (Hint: What is Skyresh's position at court?) a) He feels threatened by Gulliver. b) He is scared of Gulliver's size. c) He hates foreigners.
He feels threatened by Gulliver.
How is Gulliver to be killed? (Hint: This is the King's suggestion.) a) By blinding him. b) By starving him. c) By poisoning him.
by blinding him
How does Gulliver stop the Blefuscan invasion? (Hint: The answer is connected to the sea) a) He frightens the Blefuscan sailors and takes their ships. b) He attacks the Blefuscan navy with iron hooks. c) He made the Blefuscans slaves.
He frightens the Blefuscan sailors and takes their ships.
What best describes the people who live in Laputa? (Hint: Listen carefully to Gulliver's narration.) a) Forgetful and slow. b) Distracted but highly intelligent. c) Harmonious and welcoming.
Distracted but highly intelligent.
What does 'in return for' mean? (Hint: The phrase is used when Skyresh reads the conditions for Gulliver's freedom.) a) In exchange for. b) On the way back. c) To promise.
In exchange for.
What does Gulliver think of the yahoos? (Hint: He used words like 'vile' and 'deformed'.) a) He thinks they are ugly and wild. b) He thinks they are hardworking but stupid. c) He thinks they are sad and unloved.
He thinks they are ugly and wild.
Why is Gulliver's life in danger? (Hint: What does his Master tell him at the end?) a) Because the yahoos are trying to kill him. b) Because some of the horse people think he is a dangerous yahoo. c) Because the Master wants to kill him
Because some of the horse people think he is a dangerous yahoo.
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