11. During Swift’s period, two major incidents did great harm to English social life; the first incident was “the great Plague of London” and the second was……
a) French Revolution
b) The Fall of Berlin
c) The Great Fire of London
d) Industrial revolution
12. A reader needs to know a lot about English politics during Swift’s time; this is how Gulliver’s Travel can be better understood. The country had divided into two parties including Whigs and ……
a) Tories
b) Worries
c) Buries
d) Carries
13. Jonathan Swift is recognized being an……….., essayist, political agent, poet, and Anglican cleric. All aspects of his life reflect in his work.
a) Anglo-Saxon Satirist
b) . Anglo-American Satirist
c) Anglo-Irish Satirist
d) Anglo-French Satirist
14. Jonathan Swift was a man of letters indeed; he received higher education side by side creating a forceful literary work. He attended Trinity College, Dublin, in the year…..
a) 1692
b) 1682
c) 1672
d) 1662
15. In the year 1688, Jonathan Swift had to leave for England owing to………
a) Bloody Revolution
b) Glorious Revolution
c) French Revolution
d) Disastrous Revolution
16. The book Gulliver’s Travel starts with the introduction of the main character Gulliver who was born to a family of five boys in…..
a) Capetown
b) Dublin
c) Nottingham-shire
d) London
17. While discussing Gulliver the main character of the book, a reader needs to know where he received education from as a teenager.
a) Oxford University
b) Trinity College
c) Cambridge University
d) Harvard University
18. Gulliver had become a doctor when he settled in London; he did not want to remain single anymore; he married a woman named….
a) Mary Burton
b) Sara Parker.
c) Sandra William
d) Marry Joseph
19. The ship encountered a devastating storm that wrecked the ship named……., as a result, twelve crewmen died on the spot.
a) Anecdote
b) Antelope
c) Fortress
d) Cavalry
20. Gulliver was the only survivor of the storm; he reached shore in the darkness and slept eventually when he awoke he was tied to the ground; the group of dwarfs raised a stage ………..off the ground to negotiate with him.
a) Two foot and a half
b) Three foot and a half
c) A foot and a half
d) Only a half foot