1. Which of the following was Jonathan Swift’s first major work?
a) Gulliver’s Travels
b) A Modest Proposal
c) A Tale of a Tub
d) The Battle of the Books
2. In which year was “A Tale of a Tub” published?
a) 1726
b) 1704
c) 1710
d) 1729
3. Which of these works was published before Gulliver’s Travels?
a) A Modest Proposal
b) Drapier’s Letters
c) The Battle of the Books
d) None of the above
4. Arrange these works by Swift in chronological order:
i) A Modest Proposal
ii) A Tale of a Tub
iii) Drapier’s Letters
iv) Gulliver’s Travels
a) ii, iv, iii, i
b) ii, iii, iv, i
c) ii, i, iii, iv
d) ii, iii, i, iv
5. What was Swift’s last major work?
a) Journal to Stella
b) A Modest Proposal
c) Drapier’s Letters
d) The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
6. Who is the main protagonist of Gulliver’s Travels?
a) Robinson Crusoe
b) Lemuel Gulliver
c) Samuel Johnson
d) Alexander Pope
7. In Gulliver’s Travels, which land is ruled by tiny people?
a) Laputa
b) Brobdingnag
c) Lilliput
d) Houyhnhnmland
8. What is the name of the race of intelligent horses in Gulliver’s Travels?
a) Brobdingnagians
b) Laputans
c) Houyhnhnms
d) Yahoos
9. Which work by Swift is a satire on modern learning and knowledge?
a) A Modest Proposal
b) The Battle of the Books
c) Gulliver’s Travels
d) Drapier’s Letters
10. In A Modest Proposal, what shocking solution does Swift suggest for solving poverty?
a) Increasing wages
b) Selling children as food
c) Reducing taxes
d) Creating more jobs
11. “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” This quote is from:
a) A Modest Proposal
b) Gulliver’s Travels
c) Drapier’s Letters
d) The Battle of the Books
12. “When a great genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.” This statement is from:
a) A Tale of a Tub
b) A Modest Proposal
c) Gulliver’s Travels
d) Drapier’s Letters
13. “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.” This quote appears in:
a) A Modest Proposal
b) Gulliver’s Travels
c) The Battle of the Books
d) A Tale of a Tub
14. “Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.” Which book does this quote belong to?
a) A Modest Proposal
b) Gulliver’s Travels
c) Journal to Stella
d) The Battle of the Books
15. “The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.” Where does this quote appear?
a) A Modest Proposal
b) Gulliver’s Travels
c) Drapier’s Letters
d) A Tale of a Tub
16. What literary device is Swift most famous for using?
a) Allegory
b) Satire
c) Romanticism
d) Symbolism
17. Which of these best describes Swift’s satire?
a) Romantic and emotional
b) Humorous and lighthearted
c) Sharp, critical, and sometimes shocking
d) Idealistic and philosophical
18. Swift’s A Modest Proposal is a satire on:
a) Corruption in the church
b) Economic policies and poverty
c) The monarchy
d) Scientific advancements
19. Which of the following was a political satire by Swift?
a) The Battle of the Books
b) Gulliver’s Travels
c) Drapier’s Letters
d) Journal to Stella
20. In Gulliver’s Travels, which group of people represents scientists and intellectuals?
a) Lilliputians
b) Brobdingnagians
c) Laputans
d) Houyhnhnms
21. Swift was a member of which literary group?
a) The Augustans
b) The Romantics
c) The Modernists
d) The Beat Generation
22. Gulliver’s Travels was originally published under what title?
a) The Travels of Lemuel Gulliver
b) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
c) A Journey through Strange Lands
d) The Tale of Gulliver
23. Who among the following was Swift’s literary contemporary?
a) William Blake
b) Alexander Pope
c) John Milton
d) T.S. Eliot
24. Swift was the dean of which cathedral in Dublin?
a) Christ Church Cathedral
b) St. Patrick’s Cathedral
c) St. Mary’s Cathedral
d) Dublin Cathedral
25. What political stance did Swift often take in his writings?
a) Pro-government
b) Anti-establishment
c) Neutral observer
d) Conservative thinker
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26. The Brobdingnagians in Gulliver’s Travels are:
a) Tiny people
b) Giants
c) Horses
d) Scientists
27. Which work of Swift was directed against William Wood’s halfpence?
a) A Modest Proposal
b) Drapier’s Letters
c) Gulliver’s Travels
d) The Battle of the Books
28. The Yahoos in Gulliver’s Travels symbolize:
a) Nobility
b) Corrupt humans
c) Scientists
d) Royal figures
29. A Tale of a Tub primarily criticizes:
a) Colonialism
b) Religion and politics
c) Aristocracy
d) Science
30. What genre does Gulliver’s Travels belong to?
a) Romance
b) Adventure
c) Satire and fantasy
d) Gothic fiction
