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In comparison to the first paragraph, the second and third paragraphs are?
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Less sympathetic to the poor, more logical and less emotional.
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In the fourth and fifth paragraphs, the narrator asserts all of the following EXCEPT?
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The shame of being unwed overrules all other considerations.
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"That art" (end of paragraph six) refers to?
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Stealing
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Why does the speaker use terms, such as breeders, dam, males, and females, when referring to the poor of Ireland in "A Modest Proposal"?
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To show contempt and detestation.
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Which of the following social problems does Swift NOT address?
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Homosexuality, Violent Crimes
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Who, according to the speaker, are the "principal Breeders of the Nations"?
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Catholics
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At what age does the speaker suggest that children should be sold?
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1 year
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Why does the speaker reject the idea of eating teenagers?
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Their meat is tough.
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Whom does the speaker suggest would be happy to "eat up our whole Nation," even without salt?
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England
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Of the children who will be allowed to survive, what will be the ratio of males to females?
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1:4
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What does the speaker suggest can be made out of the skin of the butchered infants?
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Gloves for ladies & boots for gentlemen
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Who will be the primary consumers of human flesh, according to the proposal?
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The rich
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What is a "Papist"?
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Catholic
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The greatest "flaw" in this "modest proposal" is that it ignores?
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Human values
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Swift displays the greatest contempt for?
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Absentee landlords
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The speaker explains that an associate recommended eating teenage boys, but he rejects this idea because?
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The meat is tough.
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The purpose of "A Modest Proposal? is to satirize
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England's policies, the heartless attitude for the poor.
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The narrator of "A Modest Proposal" assumes the role of?
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An economic planner benefiting Ireland & England.
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Which of the following is NOT an advantage anticipated by the narrator off "A Modest Proposal"?
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A decrease in marriage.
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The narrator claims to have no personal motive behind his proposal because?
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His child is too old to be sold and his wife cannot have more children.
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What does Swift offers as serious solution to Ireland's problems?
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Eating babies
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Which of the narrator's comments about the poor does Swift NOT indent ironically?
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They are everyday dying and rotting by cold, and famine and filth.
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Swift uses irony to satirize people who?
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Don't care about human suffering.
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Which term best describes Swift's use of the word "modest" in his title?
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Ironic
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Swift includes many facts and statistics in "A Modest Proposal." What seems to be his purpose in including this information?
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Logos
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Why does the speaker seem unconcerned about poor people who are old and sick?
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They are already dying.
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Why does the speaker say in "A Modest Proposal" that more infants will be available in March of each year?
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More children are born in Roman Catholic countries.
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Which group would benefit most if "A Modest Proposal" were to become law?
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Poor tenants
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In context, the word "towardly" in paragraph 6 most nearly means?
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"ready abilities"
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In paragraph nine, the narrator implies that Americans are?
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cannibalistic
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In the fourth sentence of paragraph seventeen ("Then as to the females, it would..."), "it" refers to
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"the want of venison... supplied by the bodies of young lads and maidens."
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Which of the following describes the rhetorical progression of paragraph seventeen?
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Presentation of qualified argument followed by refutation.
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Throughout the text, the speaker
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wavers between confidence and humility
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The narrator's statement in the first sentence of paragraph twenty-eight is ironic because?
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He cannot think of an objection yet he mentions one.
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In paragraph twenty-eight, the speaker castigates all of the following EXCEPT?
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Laplanders
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The author's style is characterized by his?
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Technical diction, ironic tone, elaborate syntax.
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The speaker uses each of the following arguments in support of his proposal EXCEPT
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It would stimulate Ireland's economy with a new and profitable export.
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Which of the following is most effective in assuaging possible feelings of disgust in the reader?
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The ironic nature of the proposal.
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Swift evidently wishes to have effected which of the following among members of his contemporary audience?
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They will feel that some of their own selfish motives are exposed.
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Of the following, who supports British policy in Ireland?
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The speaker of "A Modest Proposal".
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Swift uses irony to satirize people who
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Don't care about human suffering.
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The persona's (projector's) attitude as a whole can best be described as?
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Confident and humble
