How does the Dutchman punish Gulliver?

He sends him off on a lifeboat with four days of food

In the presence of the Luggnaggian king, what MUST you do?

Lick the floor in front of his feet

Why does Gulliver summon the shades (ghosts) of Descartes and Gassendi to talk to Aristotle?

Descartes & Gassendi revised Aristotle's theories

Why does Gulliver seem stupid to the Laputans?

he is ignorant of music and mathematics

FINAL QUESTION! Which section of this book was THE ONLY ONE present in Jack Black's movie?

Section 1, he figured he was big enough already

When the Luggnaggian King wants someone dead, what does he do?

He poisons the floor in front of him

It can be inferred that the strange happenings of Laputa are symbolic of...

Swift's main criticisms of the Age of Reason

What do the "flappers" do for the inhabitants of Laputa?

keep them engaged in conversations

Which armageddon (end of the world) is not predicted by Laputians?

The earth will be flooded when the ice caps melt

Which is NOT a notable feature of the Laputians?

They never speak for fear of lung damage

Which of these is NOT a ridiculous impracticality of the Laputians?

Having to pay taxes in multiples of nine

Which is NOT one of the academy's wacky ideas?

making food larger to stop hunger

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1
How does Gulliver end up in Laputa?
Laputa's magnetic force lures him
He is shipwrecked
Pirates attack his ship
He is blown there by a Tsunami
2
How does the Dutchman punish Gulliver?
He makes him recite all his biblical verses in Dutch
He forces him to watch the Jack Black thriller Goosebumps
He sends him off on a lifeboat with four days of food
He makes him swab the deck until they reach land
3
What is the island of the sorcerers called?
Laputa
Brobdinag
Glubbdubrib
Luggnag
4
Bonus question: What is the actual, satirical meaning of "Laputa"?
"Small mind"
"Math focus"
"Science Nerds"
"The whore"
5
Which of the following experiments was NOT done by a scientist in the academy?
Making cooked tuna swim again
Turning human feces back into food
Getting sunbeams out of cucumbers
Melting ice into gunpowder
6
What was special about Laputa?
The people were small
It was a sunken island.
The people were giants
It was a flying island.
7
The Laputians don't care much for anything but...
eating and sleeping
math, science and music
peace and tranquility
science and the arts
8
In the presence of the Luggnaggian king, what MUST you do?
Sing a song without any vowels
Rip an 8.5x11 gloss photo of Gavin Renken in front of him
Bow exactly 4 times, one in each cardinal direction
Lick the floor in front of his feet
9
Why does Gulliver summon the shades (ghosts) of Descartes and Gassendi to talk to Aristotle?
Descartes & Gassendi supported Aristotle's theories
Descartes & Gassendi were friends of Swift's
Descartes & Gassendi revised Aristotle's theories
Decartes, Gassendi and Aristotle were all satirists
10
What wonderful idea do the language professors have at the Academy?
Speak all words in reverse
"Speak" by holding up objects
Speak in excerpts of Gavin's memoirs
Speak only using verbs
11
Why does Gulliver seem stupid to the Laputans?
he is ignorant of music and mathematics
he doesn't use a flapper
he doesn't understand how the floating island works
he doesn't speak the language
12
Seeing a Struldbrug cures someone of...
Fear of death
Fear of immortality
Fear of life
Instant-red-dot-face syndrome
13
FINAL QUESTION! Which section of this book was THE ONLY ONE present in Jack Black's movie?
Section 3, he wanted to play with the pretty shapes
Section 2, though he could never pronounce "Brobdingnag"
Section 4, he was really into horses
Section 1, he figured he was big enough already
14
Who is the only sensible man that Guliver meets in Laputa?
Don Pedro de Mendez
Lord Munodi
Dr. Doug Benton
Reldresal
15
When the Luggnaggian King wants someone dead, what does he do?
He bakes poison into half a cake, then eats it with them
He hires a knight to hunt them down at exactly noon
He poisons the floor in front of him
He slips a Cyanide pill into their coffee
16
When Gulliver arrives in Japan, he is required to...
Stomp on the cross
Win a sushi eating contest against Jack Black
Say the traditional Japanese pledge
Wait a period of six days before leaving
17
Glubbdubdrib is an isle consisting mainly of...
Ghosts
Sorcerers
A cult of horses that look almost TOO similar to Jeff
Historical figures
18
It can be inferred that the strange happenings of Laputa are symbolic of...
The foreshadowing of Gulliver's hatred of math
Swift's main criticisms of the Age of Reason
Swift's criticism of the nature of satire
Jeff's inner demons
19
What part of speech do the professors at the Academy consider the only important one?
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
20
True or False: The island of Balnibarbi is lush with farmland from the Academy's experiments.
True
False
21
What do the "flappers" do for the inhabitants of Laputa?
keep them engaged in conversations
teach them to dance
keep them cool by fanning them
protect them from insects
22
Which armageddon (end of the world) is not predicted by Laputians?
The earth will be flooded when the ice caps melt
The sun will run out of energy and burn out
The Earth will be absorbed by the sun
A comet's tail shall burn the Earth to a crisp
23
CHALLENGE QUESTION! For exactly how much time is Gulliver away from home in this section?
6 and a half years
65 dog years (do the math)
5 and a half years
7 and a half years
24
The Struldbrugs are a group of Luggnaggians who are most notable for being...
Better looking than Bryce
Immortal
Politicians
Undead
25
Which is NOT a notable feature of the Laputians?
They often get deeply lost in thought
They never speak for fear of lung damage
They keep their heads turned to the side
They wear shirts with planets on them
26
Which of these is NOT a ridiculous impracticality of the Laputians?
Having to pay taxes in multiples of nine
Cutting food into geometric shapes
Clothes not being tailored normally
Houses being built without right angles
27
In the Laputian language, "Laputa" means...
"Floating island"
"Rock in sky"
"Super fun mathy science time"
"Home of king"
28
True or False: Jonathan Swift, British satirist, was originally a clergyman.
False
True
29
Gulliver is astonished at how much _________ there is/was in government.
Corruption
drinking
Knitting of sweaters
Murder
30
The stick used to smack Laputians back to reality is called...
A flapper
A Renkstick
A slapper
A clapper
31
Which is NOT one of the academy's wacky ideas?
softening marble so it can be used as pillows and pincusions
making food larger to stop hunger
putting 2 different brain halves in the same person
Making already colored silk by feeding spiders colored flies
32
Where do the ideas of Balnibarbi go? The Royal Academy of ...
Balnibarbi
Science and the Arts
Math and Science
Lagado
33
Which of these historical figures did Gulliver NOT speak to in Glubbdubdrib?
Napoleon
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Descartes
34
How did Alexander the Great ACTUALLY die?
From drinking too much
Honorably, in battle
By the hands of the Macedonian emperor
Overexposure to Colin's ego

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