Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal" UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is the author's purpose in writing "A Modest Proposal"? - Correct Answer- to draw
attention to an issue that is plaguing his country
How does the title, "A Modest Proposal," tell the reader that the piece i...
Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is the author's purpose in writing "A Modest Proposal"? - Correct Answer- to draw
attention to an issue that is plaguing his country
How does the title, "A Modest Proposal," tell the reader that the piece is satirical? - Correct
Answer- The author's proposal is actually extreme and violent, not gentle as the title says.
Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."
This I freely own, and 'twas indeed one principal design in offering it to the world. I desire
the reader will observe, that I calculate my remedy for this one individual Kingdom of
Ireland, and for no other that ever was, is, or, I think, ever can be upon Earth. Therefore let no
man talk to me of other expedients: Of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound: Of
using neither cloaths, nor houshold furniture, except what is of our own growth and
manufacture: Of utterly rejecting the materials and instruments that promote foreign luxury . .
.
What is Swift's purpose in listing other ways to solve the issue of poverty? - Correct Answer-
to show that real reform is possible with reasonable sacrifice
What issue is Swift addressing in a satirical manner in "A Modest Proposal"? - Correct
Answer- widespread poverty throughout Ireland
Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."
Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the
skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots
for fine gentlemen.
The author is using satire in this excerpt to emphasize the - Correct Answer- utter absurdity of
his plan.
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