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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels Book II Chap. 1-2
Question | Answer |
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Now where does Gulliver finds himself? | Brobdingnag |
How long was Gulliver home before he left for the 2nd voyage? | 2 months |
What was the name of his ship? | The Adventurer |
What month did he land on the new island? | June 20 |
In Book I the Lilliputians were how small compared to Gulliver? | One-Twelfth [1/12th] of Gulliver's size |
Now Gulliver is the midget; how much bigger were the giants? | Twelve [12] times bigger than Gulliver |
What do the Brobdingnags think of Gulliver? | weasel and repulsive vermin |
What kind of people are the Brobdingnags? | farmers, hardworking people, and giants |
Gulliver admires their laws but cannot abide by their ________? | vast areas of flesh |
What was disgusting about the Brobdingnags? | Physical selves; large pores with moles and stray hairs and smelly body odor |
What did the farmer almost do to Gulliver in the field? | He almost cut down Gulliver while he was cutting down the wheat because he didn't see Gulliver |
Who in the Queen's household does not like Gulliver? | The Queen's Dwarf |
Why does the Dwarf dislike and is jealous of Gulliver? | Because now Gulliver has taken the attention of the Queen and she no longer pays as much attention to the Dwarf |
Commentary on real life: Why did George I feel isolated and different in England? | Because he was of German origin; he wasn't truly English like the Tories preferred |
Who was Gulliver sold to? | The Queen |
What were his eating habits? | Lark wings 9 times the size of a turkey |
When conversing with the King, Gulliver tells him the English ________? | Live in little nests and burrows and call them houses; they love, fight, cheat on, and betray each other |
Who is the Queen's Dwarf replaced by? | Gulliver |
What does the Dwarf do to Gulliver? | Dumps in a bowl of cream and puts him in a hollow bone to throw him out |
What does the Wasp look like and do? | They make Gulliver a little box to live in with furniture; s large wasp the size of a partridge enters to fight Gulliver and Gulliver kills the wasp. |