G 1
The President of Mexico sent special ambassadors to another nation.
What does the word ambassador mean?
An official who represent his country in foreign countries.
Slamecksan, low-heeled faction, represents which party in Swift's era
The Tories
The main characteristics of Lilliputians that Swift satirized in Gulliver's Travel are_______________
Pettiness/ narrow-mindedness/ triviality
What are satirical elements that Swift use in Gulliver's Travels?
Hyperbole
Irony
Understatement
What is Swift suggesting about political disputes through the reasons for the conflict between the Big-endians and Little- endians?
Which end of an egg to break when eating
What is ironic about calling Mildendo a metropolis?
It is a tiny city, the opposite of large metropolis.
What do Blefuscu and Lilliput represent respectively?
France and England
What is the major theme in Gulliver's Travels chapter 4?
The internal political struggle between two factions
The religious controversary between the sects of Big-endians and Little-endians
What satirical tool is used when Reldresal said his phrase "in my humble opinion"
Understatement
Lilliput's emperor wants to protect is dominions from the Blefuscudians.
What does dominions mean?
governed territories
What satirical tool is used in the following excerpt "These civil commotions were constantly fomented by the monarch of Blefuscu"
Understatement
Mention another satirical work of Swift?
Modest Proposal
What does the size of Lilliputians represent?
Diminish the importance of politicians.
The conflict between the Big endians and Little endians is representative of ____________
The schism and dispute between Catholics and protestants
The emperor determination of making use of low-heeled people represents ______________.
inequality and favoritism in English society.
The magnificence of the emperor palace represents _______________
the arrogance, pride, and showiness of English people.