1. Gulliver's Travels - Chapter 1 part (2)
1- Why did the little men cut wood next to Gulliver?
 Because they were building a wooden platform to stand on and talk to him.
2- Why couldn't Gulliver and the important-looking man understand each other?
 Because each one of them spoke in a different language.
3- How did the important man understand that Gulliver was hungry and thirsty?
 Gulliver pointed to his mouth to show him that he was hungry and thirsty.
4- How could the little people feed Gulliver while he was tied to the ground?
 They put ladders against his shoulder and carried the baskets of food and little
containers of water up to his mouth.
5- What made ما الذي جعل Gulliver feel that the little people trusted him? Why could he
trust them, too?
 He thought they trusted him because they offered him food and drink.
6- How did Gulliver understand that the other important man was the King of Lilliput?
(How could he recognize تعرف على their King?)
 From his clothes and when other men bowed to him.
7- How could Gulliver communicate with the king?
 By using signs with his hands.
8- What was the request الطلب Gulliver made which the King of Lilliput refused?
 Gulliver asked the king to set him free.
9- Why did the cuts in Gulliver's hand feel much better?
 They poured some medicine on the cuts where the arrows had hit Gulliver's hand.
10- Why did hundreds of tiny people pick Gulliver up and put him on a strange machine
that had many wheels?
 Because they wanted to take him to the capital city (Mildendo).
11- What was that machine originally designed for?
 It had been designed to carry heavy trees.
12- How did that machine moved?
 It was pulled by a team of horses; each horse was about eleven centimetres tall.
13- Why did Gulliver sleep on the machine for most of the journey to the capital city of
Lilliput?
 They put some medicine in Gulliver's food that made him sleepy.
14- What happened when one of the soldiers decided to put a pole up Gulliver's nose
while he was asleep?
 Gulliver woke up. When he sneezed, the man ran away quickly.
15- Where did the King of Lilliput decide that Gulliver should stay?
 Gulliver stayed in the largest building in Lilliput. The building had a small garden around
it with two gates, each one a little more than a metre high.
16- How did the king make sure Gulliver couldn't escape?
 The King asked some men to fasten Gulliver's legs to the gates using metal chains.

2. 17- Why did the King of Lilliput go to the tower opposite Gulliver's new home?
 The King went there with his men so they could watch Gulliver without being seen by
him.
18- What did the King of Lilliput say it was not allowed for the people to do?
 He said that it was not allowed to use ladders to try to climb up on Gulliver's body.
19- What did the soldiers do when they realised Gulliver could not escape with his legs
chained to the gates?
 They cut the ropes that fastened Gulliver to the machine. He could stand up.
20- Describe the pretty scene that Gulliver saw when he looked at the land around the
capital city of Lilliput.
 There were lots of little fields and woods, the fields the size of small gardens and the
trees only a little more than two metres tall.
21- How much food did Gulliver have for his breakfast?
 He emptied twenty vehicles of food and drink.
22- How old was the King of Lilliput? What did he look like?
 He was about 28 years old and tall compared to the other people, with strong arms and
a handsome face. His clothes were the same as a king would wear in a European
country.
23- What languages did Gulliver know?
 Gulliver knew French, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic.
24- Why did the guards arrest six people and push them towards Gulliver?
 Because they shot arrows at Gulliver, and one arrow nearly hit his eye.
25- What did Gulliver do to the six men who shot arrows at him?
 He picked them up and put five of them in his pocket. He held the other one in his hand.
Then, he moved a knife towards the little man's hands. The man looked very frightened.
Quotations with Model Answers
1. "Who are you and what are you doing to me?"
a) Who said this? To whom?
 Gulliver, to the little men of Lilliput.
b) What was strange about the addressed person(s)?
 They were tiny people, only about fifteen centimetres tall.
c) What did the addressed person(s) do on hearing the speaker's voice?
 The little men moved away from him.
2. "I'm pleased to meet you, sir, but please, can you set me free?"
d) Who said these words? To whom?
 Gulliver, to the King of Lilliput.
e) What had happened to the speaker that made him ask to be set free?
 He was tied up by thin ropes around his body and neck.
f) How could the speaker and the addressed person communicate as a result of not
speaking the same language?
 They communicated using signs with their hands.