Q 01/05

In which year was Gulliver's Travels first published?

A) 1736

B) 1726

C) 1746

D) 1756

Answer · why

B) 1726

Gulliver's Travels was first published anonymously in London in October 1726 and was an immediate success, with imitations, parodies and 'keys' follow...

Q 02/05

What is Gulliver's first name?

A) Samuel

B) Nathaniel

C) Ezekiel

D) Lemuel

Answer · why

D) Lemuel

The narrator is Lemuel Gulliver; the original title page presents him as the author, and the full title begins Travels into Several Remote Nations of ...

Q 03/05

What was Gulliver's profession before he became a ship's captain?

A) Chaplain

B) Cartographer

C) Surgeon

D) Carpenter

Answer · why

C) Surgeon

He sails as a ship's surgeon on the first voyages and only takes command of a merchantman in Part IV, out of boredom.

Q 04/05

What is the name of the ship wrecked in a storm on Gulliver's first voyage?

A) The Antelope

B) The Adventure

C) The Hopewell

D) The Swallow

Answer · why

A) The Antelope

The Antelope, under Captain William Prichard, sailed from Bristol in May 1699 and was driven by a violent storm to the north-west of Van Diemen's Land...

Q 05/05

Roughly how tall are the Lilliputians?

A) About 1 foot

B) Less than 6 inches

C) Nearly 2 feet

D) Over 3 feet

Answer · why

B) Less than 6 inches

The Lilliputians are less than 6 inches tall, roughly one-twelfth of human height, so everything in their land is scaled down by the same ratio.