1. PART ONE The Voyage to Lilliput
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
PART ONE
The Voyage to Lilliput

2. QUESTION #1
What do you think is Gulliver's probable frame of mind in the opening passage?

3. ANSWER
Confusion
Surprise
Fear
Curiosity

4. QUESTION #2
What does the Lilliputian language add to the narrator’s report?
(hint: ‘Modest Proposal’ statistics)

5. ANSWER
Authenticity
Humor
A parody of Language
ENGLISH IN THIS CASE

6. QUESTION #3
In the comparison of random arrows to bombs (p489), how does this passage hold significance in this story?

7. ANSWER Makes light of the wars in Europe
Compares bombs to arrows that feel like tiny pinpricks
Draws parallel between make-believe society and his own
Indicates an amusing story with serious undertones

8. QUESTION #4
(End of 489) What details lead Gulliver to his conclusion of whom the ‘principle person’ is?

9. ANSWER Speaks from a stage Gives a long speech
Lilliputians respond to his directions
Taller than his attendants
One attendant carries his train

10. How does a person act ‘every part of an orator’?
QUESTION #5
(490) Define ORATOR:
How does a person act ‘every part of an orator’?

11. ANSWER Person who speaks in public Broad gestures Loud voice
Announcing tone

12. QUESTION #6
Do you find Gulliver’s ability to communicate through sign language and gestures very convincing? Why/ Why not?

13. ANSWER Communicating HUNGER--
Convincing because Gulliver receives what he needs
SHARED GESTURES- “more”
throwing an object down
If not convincing-- swearing sincerity

14. By the end of p491, what is Gulliver’s internal conflict?
QUESTION #7
By the end of p491, what is Gulliver’s internal conflict?

15. ANSWER Possibly mixed emotions of: ANGER- imagines throwing them FEAR
RESPECT of LAWS of HOSPITALITY
Self-Preservation vs. Trust and Gratitude

16. QUESTION #8
What humorous details enliven the description of the Lilliputians(top 492) ?
What effect has humor played to enrich the descriptions of the relationship being established between Gulliver and the Lilliputians?

17. ANSWERS Dancing on Gulliver’s hand Playing ‘Hide and Seek’ in his hair
Playing children’s games
Shows Gulliver as PLAYFUL, not a dangerous giant; TRUST built between them through the trivial activities.

18. What might Swift be satirizing in the ‘rope- dancing’ ritual?
QUESTION #9
Define SATIRE:
What might Swift be satirizing in the ‘rope- dancing’ ritual?
(hint: Politics)

19. ANSWERS
Work where RIDICULE is stressing the WORST parts of a serious subject.
Courtly Behavior
English Court
Irrelevance of test to position
Ridiculousness of office politics and favoritism

20. QUESTION #10
(bottom of 2nd column. p492)
What seems to be Swift’s satirical point in describing the ‘diversion’ with the red, blue and green threads?

21. ANSWER
Seems to be poking fun at the courtiers ‘agility’ in sidestepping responsibility.

22. QUESTION #11
How does Swift diminish the philosophical division between the two factions in England? (493)

23. ANSWERS Parody of the two (2) factions:
Uses two nearly identical but nonsensical names (Tramecksan / Slamecksan)
Indicates that their violent differences are based on something as insignificant as the height of the heels of shoes.

24. Why does the ‘heir’ walk with a hobble?
QUESTION #12
(middle 2nd column, 493)
Why does the ‘heir’ walk with a hobble?

25. ANSWER LITERALLY- he is wearing shoes of two different heights
FIGURATIVELY- he cannot make up his mind, so he is ‘hobbled’ by his indecision

26. QUESTION #13
(2/3 down 2nd Col., 493)
Why does Swift satirize the lines beginning with: “For as to what we have heard you affirm…” and ending with , “…or one of the stars.”

27. ANSWER NARROWMINDEDNESS
When events or people do not fit into preconceived notions of the way the world works

28. Is there humor in the description of the egg-breaking conflict?
QUESTION #14
Is there humor in the description of the egg-breaking conflict?

29. ANSWER Yes Funny to get upset over the way an egg is broken
NO- ????? (like, I don’t get it…)

30. How is Gulliver’s decision, made at the end of this voyage, satirical?
QUESTION #15
How is Gulliver’s decision, made at the end of this voyage, satirical?

31. ANSWER Although he first stated that he WOULDN”T INTERFERE
Gulliver quickly rationalizes to do the
EXPEDIENT thing--
FIGHT FOR LILLIPUT

32. Tories and Whigs
Represented by the two parties in this story:

33. Tory
A person who opposed the breach with Britain during the Revolutionary War ( )
Conservative Party
Opposed Whig attempts to excluse the future James II from succession to the throne.

34. Whig
Organizer of “Glorious Revolution”
Non-Catholics