Quiz

What is the relationship of the English settlers with the indigenous people (the narrator calls them "Indians") of Surinam?

The English enjoy a friendly trade relationship with the Indians.

The narrator claims that the tale she tells is: _______________ .

To open the work, the narrator claims that her tale is entirely true and needs no adornment or additional invention. She says, further, "I was myself an eyewitness to a great part of what you will find here set down, and what I could not be witness of, I received from the mouth of the chief actor in this history, the hero himself, who gave us the whole transactions of his youth" (see p. 141 in the Tenth Edition). Readers should question just how much to believe from the narrator, however, as she may not be entirely reliable throughout.

Why do the Houyhnhnms have so few words in their language?

Their wants and passions are fewer than human wants and passions, and so they need fewer words.

On what occasion does Oroonoko first meet Imoinda?

after her father's death, he brings her slaves as a token of the dead general's victory

To what nation does the narrator attribute the origin of his idea?

america

The narrator calls it a country, but Coramantien is, more precisely, the name of a British fortress and slave market in the area of Africa now known as which of the following?

nana

Which of the following characterizes irony?

saying one thing, but implying something different, often the opposite

What is Lemuel Gulliver's occupation?

surgeon

Which of the following characteristics accurately describes Oroonoko's physical appearance?

tall and well-shaped, with a Roman nose and ebony skin

Which of the following does the narrator claim will be a benefit of his scheme?

tavern business will increase locally

After Gulliver explains the government of England to the King of Brobdingnag, the King raises some objections about the country's political system. Which of the following points does the King make?

that the system would seem to invite legislators to be ignorant and corrupt

Which of the following conditions, according to Caesar/Oroonoko, would justify one's enslavement?

the chance of war, or losing nobly in a battle

What plan does Oroonoko propose to the rebel slaves?

to escape slavery, found a new colony, and seize a ship to return them to their native countries

In the middle of the story, the narrator digresses from the central tale of Oroonoko's revolt, and tells of various expeditions taken in company with Oroonoko. What is the purpose of these digressions, according to the narrator?

to give proof of Oroonoko's daring and curiosity

At the conclusion of his tale, Gulliver argues that his motivation for telling it is which of the following?

to inform and instruct mankind

The aim of satire is to do which of the following?

to ridicule

Why is the image of Justice in Lilliputian courts shown with "six eyes ... with a bag of gold open in her right hand, and a sword sheathed in her left"?

to show that Justice is not blind, but circumspect

What is the proposal made in this work?

to use the one-year-old babies of the poor as food for the rich

Consider the setting established in Swift's opening paragraph. In what "great town" does one see the "melancholy object" of mothers begging bread for their children?

Dublin

At the conclusion of the Proposal, the narrator declares that he has "not the least personal interest in endeavoring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of my country" (460). What evidence does the narrator give that his advice is free from other motives?

He has no children who will be affected by the scheme, and thus cannot make money from it.

How does Oroonoko die?

He is cut to pieces slowly by the executioner.

When Gulliver offers the King of Brobdingnag the secret of making gunpowder, what is the King's reaction?

He is struck with horror at Gulliver's inhumane suggestion.

How is Oroonoko captured and put into slavery?

He is tricked by an English trader.

How does Gulliver save himself from the first Brobdingnagian he meets?

He pleads for mercy and makes gestures of supplication to the farmer.

The six-inch-high people whom Gulliver meets on his first voyage are known as which of the following?

Lilliputians

How does Imoinda die?

Oroonoko cuts Imoinda's throat.

the population of Laputa is educated, but which of the following is also true?

They do not put their knowledge to practical use.

Which of the following ideas is not a product of the Academy of Lagado?

a digestible dictionary, written on a wafer

Laputa is which of the following?

a flying island

In what sense does Swift use the word "projector" in this piece?

a person who imagines projects and schemes

he Houyhnhmns consider Gulliver to be which of the following?

a yahoo

The source of the hostilities between Lilliput and Blefuscu is a dispute over whether one should do which of the following?

break one's egg at the larger end (Blefuscu) or the smaller end (Lilliput)

When Swift writes, "I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children" (456), the word "dear" means which of the following?

emotionally precious

What is Oroonoko's relationship to the King of Coramantien?

grandson

By what name is Gulliver known in Brobdingnag?

grildrig

Of what item, found in Gulliver's pockets, do his captors conjecture, "it is either some unknown animal, or the god that he worships"?

his watch

What fate awaits the starving children of this "great town"?

indentured servitude in the colonies, thievery, or beggary

Which of the following inspired Swift to write the Proposal?

lack of food and housing for the poor