Multiple choice general knowledge

  1. In Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver arrives at an island whose inhabitants are people one-twelfth the size of normal human beings. What was the name of the island?

  1. Lilliput

  2. Borbdingnag

  3. Laputa

  4. Hobbit
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Explanation

In Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, Lilliput is the island where Gulliver encounters people who are exactly one-twelfth his size - about 6 inches tall. This is the first of Gulliver's four voyages and satirizes pettiness and political intrigue. The other options are places Gulliver visits later or fictional locations from other works.

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