A Modest Proposal

Which of the following statements most closely summarizes the author's tone in the text?

• Sarcastic
• Bitter
• Hopeful
• Urgent

Which meaning of refinement most closely matches its meaning in the following passage (paragraph 17)? " A very worthy person, a true lover of his country, and whose virtues I highly esteem, was lately pleased, in discoursing on this matter, to offer a refinement upon my scheme."

• NOUN | The process of taking impurities out of a substance
• NOUN | An elegant behavior or mannerism
• NOUN | The improvement of something
• NOUN | A particularly elevated taste or style

Which of the following inferences is best supported by this passage (paragraph 21)? "For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of Papists, with whom we are yearly overrun, being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies, and who stay at home on purpose with the design to deliver the kingdom to the pretender, hoping to take their advantage by the absence of so many good protestants, who have chosen rather to leave their country, than stay at home and pay tithes against their conscience to an Episcopal curate.

• The proposal claims that Protestants do not have enough children
• The proposal claims that the Pope supports the proposition
• The proposal argues that Papists would have more children
• The proposal argues that the Papists have too many children

Which of the following ideas about the author's real message is best supported by the text?

• In discussing the satirical proposal to help the poor, the author criticizes those who have placed Irish people in poverty
• The author belives that the best solution to combat poverty and begging is to allow peasants to sell their children for profit
• By examining poverty in Ireland, the author makes an argument that England should take more responsibility in helping Ireland
• None of the above

Which of the following best explains a positive outcome to the plan proposed?

• People will be less inclined to have children if they have to give them up at 1 years old to be eaten
• Catholics will have more children if they can sell them for money, increasing Papal influence in Ireland
• Ireland will be able to import less food if they have a course of food that comes directly from Irish men and women
• Irish families will feel more invested in childcare

What is the primary purpose of Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'?

• To propose a solution to poverty in Ireland
• To entertain readers with humor
• To criticize British policy towards Ireland
• To promote the consumption of children

Which literary device is most prominently used in 'A Modest Proposal'?

• Metaphor
• Irony
• Alliteration
• Personification

In the essay, what does Swift suggest as a solution to the problem of poverty?

• Taxing the wealthy
• Encouraging immigration
• Eating poor children
• Providing free education

What is the main rhetorical strategy Swift employs throughout 'A Modest Proposal'?

• Pathos
• Ethos
• Logos
• Satire

Swift's proposal to eat children is meant to:

• Solve Ireland's overpopulation problem
• Highlight the absurdity of other proposed solutions
• Encourage cannibalism
• Promote Irish cuisine