2. what is the word principal referring to in the following text?
my friend reldresal, principal secretary for private affairs, is, in my opinion, it iam not partial,
the second after the treasurer: the rest of the great officers are much upon a par.
@ primary or chief
b. an acolyte
c. an individual who provides nurturing
d. one in a subordinate position

3. what can the reader infer from this passage?
i would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys
and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair.
a. the children tortured gulliver.
b. gulliver traveled because he wanted to meet new people.
c. gulliver is considerably larger than the children who are playing around him.
d. gulliver has a genuine love and enthusiasm for people of all sizes.

4. what is the significance of the word mind in the following passage?
the emperor had a mind one day to entertain me with several of the country shows, wherein
they exceed all nations i have known, both for dexterity and magnificence.
a. the ability to think
b. a collective vote
c. a definitive decision
d. a mythological question

5. which of the following assertions does not support the fact that games are a commonplace event in
this culture?
a. my gentlest and good behavior short time.
b. they are trained in this art from their youth liberal education.
c. very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to show their not lost their
faculty.
d. flimnap, the treasurer, is allowed to cut a caper on the straight rope higher than any other
lord in the whole empire.

6. how does gulliver's description of flimnap's, the treasurer's, ability to cut a caper on the straight
rope, and reldresal, principal secretary for private affairs, being the second to the treasurer, serve as
evidence of the community's emphasis in regards to the correlation between physical strength and
leadership abilities?
a. only children used gulliver's hands as a playground.
b. the two men who exhibited superior abilities held prominent positions in the community.
c. only common townspeople, not leaders, walk the straight rope.
d. no one could jump higher than gulliver.