"A Modest Proposal" Quiz

What is Swift's central claim in his proposal?

• The English need to be treated better or they will start to eat children.
• The Irish need to handle their money better or they will have to sell children.
• The English should sell their children into Irish slavery to help their economy.
• The Irish should sell their babies to English butchers as a delicacy.

For how long is a mother able to breastfeed her child without additional expense?

• 6 months
• 9 months
• 12 months
• 15 months

What is the amount of children born to poor parents annually?

• 2,000
• 120,000,000
• 12,000
• 120,000

During which month will infant flesh be most plentiful?

• January
• February
• March
• April

Per Swift's proposal, what will be the ratio of males to females?

• 1:1
• 1:2
• 1:3
• 1:4

Which of the following is NOT a solution Swift contemplates?

• Improving mentoring programs
• Producing your own food and clothing
• Rejecting materialism
• Breaking animosity and factions

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Which of the following quotes is an example of irony?

• "...as I have already observed, it will lessen the number of Papists"
• "I have already computed the charge of nursing a beggar's child"
• "But this and many others I omit, being studious of brevity"
• "Besides others who might have infant flesh at weddings"

What does the author suggest can be made out of human flesh?

• sausage casings
• men's hats
• diapers
• ladies' gloves

The narrator claims to have no personal motive behind his proposal because...

• He is English and could not benefit from his proposal
• His wife is past childbearing age
• He lives in the country and doesn't own a farm
• He is not a landlord and does not wish to be rich

What is one large scale societal problem that Swift's proposal actually targets?

• Overpopulation of Ireland
• Spreading religion to Ireland
• Mistreatment of Irish poor
• Uplifting the English poor