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Who was in control of Houyhnhnm?
horses
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Who were the servants in the country of Houys?
human-like animals called Yahoos
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What was the island of Laputa like?
It was a flying island kept in the air by magnets.
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What kind of people were the Laputans?
They were strange-looking, interested in maths and music.
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What is interesting about the island of Glubbdubdrib?
The island of the magicians.
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What did Gulliver eat on the island of Houyhnhnm?
little cakes made of corn, cooked birds, plant leaves, bread, and warm milk.
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Why did Gulliver have to explain to his Houy master what "lying" meant?
In their language there is no word for telling lies.
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How did Gulliver feel about his family when he got home?
He was filled with horror, because they looked and smelled like Yahoos.
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What was the conversation about between the two Laputans.
About the hot sun, the earth, and the next falling star.
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What kind of people were the people from Luggnagg?
polite and generous, live forever, no diseases
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Why did Gulliver's sailors attack him and leave him on a small island?
They wanted to take control of the ship and become pirates.
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Why did the Houys ask Gulliver to leave their country?
He was neither a Yahoo nor a Houy, and did not fit in with either group.
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Why was the student in Ladago sick?
He had to eat his lesson in order to learn it.
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What mistake did Gulliver make about the people in Strulbrug?
That it is wonderful to live forever.
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Why do the old people in Luggnagg live miserable lives?
The law considers them dead, o their children inherit their money and houses. They have to beg for food, lose their hair and teeth, forget the names of their relatives, and want to die but they can't.
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What did Gulliver's Houy master think of money?
He didn't understand the need for it, because they shared everything in his country.
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Why was Gulliver so happy in the island of the Houys?
The Houys were sensible, gentle creatures who never lied or stole, who had no disease, no crime, and no wars.
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What did Gulliver realize five year later?
People could not learn from the Houys. They still lied, stole, and fought, just as they had always done, and probably would always do.
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What did the ship's captain make Gulliver do when they arrived in the Gulf of Tongking?
"Go and see what you can buy and sell in the islands round here."
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What ghosts did Gulliver talk to while with the President of Glubbdubdrib?
Julius Caesar, Brutus, Alexander the Great.