A Modest Proposal

The author of "A Modest Proposal" is

• Jonathan Swift
• William Shakespeare
• John Donne
• Lord Byron

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In the beginning of "A Modest Proposal,” what are the mothers of Ireland doing instead of working?

• stealing
• engaging in prostitution
• ignoring their infant children
• begging for their infant children

What do the children of the begging mothers do when they grow up?

• find employment to support themselves
  
• steal, fight for Spain, or sell themselves
• steal, fight for France, or sell themselves
• borrow money to support themselves

The writer calls the condition of the poor children in Ireland what?

• commendable
  
• deplorable
• unavoidable
• regrettable

What should be done for the person who can solve the conditions in Ireland, or “whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children sound, useful members of the commonwealth”?

• a statue should be erected for him
• he should receive a medal
• he should be banished
• he should be executed

According to Swift's narrator, for how long may a child be supported on mother's milk, and perhaps two shillings?

• 2 years
• 3 years 
• 6 months
• 1 year

What is NOT an advantage to his idea that Swift's narrator cites in “A Modest Proposal”?

• it will decrease sibling rivalry
• it will decrease the number of voluntary abortions
• it will decrease the population of Ireland
• it will decrease wife-beating

At what age does the narrator in “A Modest Proposal” think children learn the ability to steal?

• 10
• 3
• 6
• 1

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The acquaintance of the narrator, who assures him that a child is a “delicious food,” is from where?

• England
• America
• Spain 
• Barbados

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How many females should be kept alive for “breeding” purposes, in relation to one male?

• three females to one male
• two females to one male
• four females to one male
• six females to one male