Q 01/05

In which year was Gulliver's Travels first published?

A) 1736

B) 1726

C) 1746

D) 1756

Answer · why

B) 1726

It came out anonymously in London and was an immediate success, with imitations, parodies and 'keys' following within months.

Q 02/05

What is Gulliver's first name?

A) Samuel

B) Nathaniel

C) Ezekiel

D) Lemuel

Answer · why

D) Lemuel

The full original title runs on for a whole sentence, beginning Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, In Four Parts.

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

It was bound for the East Indies and hit a violent storm north-west of Van Diemen's Land, today's Tasmania.

Q 05/05

Roughly how tall are the Lilliputians?

A) About 1 foot

B) Less than 6 inches

C) About 2 feet

D) About 3 feet

Answer · why

B) Less than 6 inches

They are one-twelfth human height; their neighbours across the channel are the same size and just as quarrelsome.