Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift
1. What kind of book is ‘Gulliver’s Travels’?
Ans: ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ is a travel account, an early novel, a work of science fiction and a satire.
2. What is the genre of Gulliver's Travels?
Ans: Gulliver's Travels is a satire.
3. What is satire?
Ans: Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.
4. What point of view has been adopted in Gulliver's Travels?
Ans: First person point of view has been adopted in Gulliver's Travels.
5. Who was Gulliver?
Ans: Gulliver was the third of five sons of a small land-owner in Nottinghamshire. He is the central character in Gulliver’s Travels.
A Voyage to Lilliput
1. How did Gulliver go to the sea?
Ans: Gulliver went to the sea by taking up a surgeon’s job on a ship called Antelope.
2. What is the name of ship of first voyage of Gulliver?
Ans: The name of ship of first voyage of Gulliver is Antelope.
3. What is Gulliver’s role on his first voyage?
Ans: Gulliver’s role on his first voyage is that of a surgeon.
4. How did Gulliver come to the country of the Lilliputians?
Ans: Gulliver came to the country of the Lilliputians by swimming ashore after a shipwreck.
5. How tall are the Lilliputians?
Ans: The Lilliputians are six inches tall.
6. Whom do the Lilliputians represent allegorically? [NU 2012]
Ans: The Lilliputians allegorically represent the Englishmen.
7. How was the common feature of animals and trees in Lilliput?
Ans: The common feature of animals and trees in Lilliput was that all were proportioned to the Lilliputians in height.
8. How was Gulliver fed by the people of Lilliput?
Ans: Gulliver was fed by the people of Lilliput by applying several ladders to the sides of him.
9. How do the Lilliputians offer Gulliver something to drink?
Ans: The Lilliputians offer Gulliver something to drink by rolling out barrels of wine.
10. How was Gulliver taken to the capital city from the sea shore? [NU 2016]
Ans: Gulliver was taken to the capital city from the sea shore by binding him down to a kind of stretcher pulled by fifteen hundred of the emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and a half high.
11. How was Gulliver called by the Lilliputians? [NU 2016]
Ans: The Lilliputians called Gulliver Quinebus Flestrine or Man-Mountain.
12. What does "Quinebus Flestrine" mean? [NU 2012]
Ans: Quinebus Flestrine" means Man-Mountain.
13. Where did Gulliver stay as a captive in Lilliput? [NU 2013]
Ans: Gulliver stayed as a captive in a deserted ancient temple in Lilliput
14. How was Gulliver chained at the temple?
Ans: Gulliver was chained at the temple in such a way that it gave him the liberty of walking backwards and forwards in a semicircle and allowed him to creep in, and lie at his full length in the temple.
15. How did Gulliver attain liberty from his chains?
Ans: Gulliver attained liberty from his chains after taking oath on a number of conditions.
16. Why was Gulliver searched in Lilliput?
Ans: Gulliver was searched in Lilliput according to the law of the country to find out whether he carried any dangerous weapons with him or not.
17. What did the empress do seeing Gulliver?
Ans: Seeing Gulliver, the empress reaches her hand out of the window for Gulliver to kiss.
18. What was the allegorical significance of Lilliputian Queen's anger?
Ans: The Lilliputian Queen's anger allegorically signifies Queen Anne’s disgust with Swift’s “A Tale of a Tub”.
19. What did the candidates for job do in Lilliput to obtain greater employment?
Ans:, The candidates for job in Lilliput practiced rope dancing to obtain greater employment.
20. Who are the Big Endians and the Little Endians in Lilliput? [NU 2014]
Ans: The Big Endian and the Little Endian in Lilliput were two conflicting parties in “A Voyage to Lilliput”. The Big Endians believed in boiled eggs being broken at the big end while Little Endians believed in broking the eggs at the smaller end.
21. How did the Lilliputians bury the dead?
Ans: The Lilliputians buried their dead with the heads of the corpses directly downwards.
22. Why did Gulliver seize the fleet of Blefuscu?
Ans: Gulliver seized the fleet of Blefuscu because the Lilliputian king told him to save Lilliput from the invasion of Blefuscu.
23. What title was awarded to Gulliver for his valiant deed in Lilliput?
Ans: Gulliver was awarded the title “Quinebus Flestrine" or “Man-Mountain” for his valiant deed in Lilliput.
24. Who is Skyresh Bolgoam? [NU 2012, 2017]
Ans: Skyresh Bolgolam is the High Admiral of Lilliput, who is the only member of the administration to oppose Gulliver's liberation.
25. Who were the secret enemies of Gulliver in Lilliput?
Ans: Flimnap and Bolgolam were the secret enemies of Gulliver in Lilliput.
26. What is Gulliver’s sentence after he is found guilty of treason in Lilliput?
Ans: Gulliver’s sentence after he is found guilty of treason in Lilliput is to have his eyes put out.
27. What was the punishment for a false accuser in Lilliput?
Ans: The punishment for a false accuser in Lilliput is death. The falsely accused person is rewarded.
28. How did Gulliver escape from the island of Lilliput to Blefuscu? [NU 2015]
Ans: Gulliver escaped from the island of Lilliput to Blefuscu by wading and sometimes swimming across the water. He transported his clothing inside of a ship, which he carried under his arm.
29. What does Blefescu stand for?
Ans: Blefescu stands for France.
30. What did Gulliver tell the king of Blefuseu?
Ans: Gulliver told the king of Blefuseu that he was ready, with the hazard of his life, to defend his person and state against all invaders.
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