Free Printable SATIRE & SWIFT UNIT: Modest Proposal & Gulliver's Travels

1.

satire that criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted humor.

a)

Horatio

b)

Juvenile

c)

Horatian

d)

Juvenalian

2.

An obvious exaggeration

a)

hyperbole

b)

sarcasm

c)

understatement

d)

reversal

3.

Rhetorical device that relies mainly on stats, numbers, charts, or other evidence

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

kairos

4.

satire that addresses social evil through scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule.

a)

Horatian

b)

Juvenalian

c)

Horatio

d)

Juvenile

5.

Rhetorical device that evokes strong emotion

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

kairos

6.

A drastic overstatement

a)

understatement

b)

exaggeration

c)

parody

d)

reversal

7.

Lessening the importance of an event or moment

a)

hyperbole

b)

incongruity

c)

understatement

d)

invective

8.

In Gulliver's Travels, "Journey to Lilliput" what is being satirzed?

a)

England's treatment of the Irish

b)

The schism of the Catholic & Protestant Churches

c)

The plight of the poor Irish children

d)

The Catholic Church

9.

In Gulliver's Travels, what are the Lilliputians quarreling about that leads to war?

a)

what to do with Gulliver

b)

who owns the land of Blefuscu

c)

which end of the egg to break open

d)

how to elect political leaders

10.

Who/what do the "Little-Endians" represent/symbolize?

a)

England

b)

The Catholic Church

c)

France

d)

The Church of England

11.

What English invention does the King of Brobdingnag forbid Gulliver to ever dicuss again?

a)

bowler hats

b)

afternoon tea

c)

fish & chips

d)

gunpowder

12.

In "A Modest Proposal" what does Swift propose doing to solve the poverty in Ireland?

a)

sell children of the poor into slavery

b)

ship the Catholic children to England

c)

slaughter children of the poor for food

d)

train poor children for the English army

13.

What dehumanizing term did Swift use when referring to poor Irish women?

a)

meat

b)

old bags

c)

breeders

d)

dogs

14.

imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way

a)

parody

b)

reversal

c)

incongruity

d)

hyperbole

15.

involves something improper, that does not fit the scene

a)

parody

b)

sarcasm

c)

reversal

d)

incongruity

16.

What type satire & style is used in this ad?

a)

Horatian satire/ caricature

b)

Juvenalian satire/ caricature

c)

Horatian satire/ incongruity

d)

Juvenalian satire/ incongruity

17.

a)

hyperbole

b)

reversal

c)

incongruity

d)

parody

18.

a)

parody

b)

incongruity

c)

hyperbole

d)

sarcasm

19.

a)

Horatian & Reversal

b)

Juvenalian & Parody

c)

Horatian & Incongruity

d)

Juvenalian & Reversal

20.

Alec Baldwin's SNL impression of President Trump is what style of satire?

a)

Incongruity

b)

Lampoon

c)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

d)

Reversal

21.

a)

parody

b)

reversal

c)

hyperbole

d)

exaggeration

22.

An argument based on credibility, reputation, authority

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

kairos

23.

In Gulliver's Travels, what is Swift satirizing when he writes about the Lilliputian wars?

a)

political wars

b)

land wars

c)

religious wars

d)

family rivalries

24.

In "A Modest Proposal" how long does Swift propose that mother's keep their children?

a)

Until they are adults

b)

Until they finish school

c)

Until someone buys them as a slave

d)

Until they are a year old

25.

In "A Modest Proposal" the acquaintance of the narrator, who assures him that a child is a “delicious food,” is from where?

a)

England

b)

America

c)

Spain

d)

Barbados

26.

What type of irony is this?

a)

It is not ironic.

b)

situational

c)

dramatic

d)

verbal

27.

a)

understatement

b)

irony

c)

parody

d)

hyperbole

28.

What satirical technique is being employed?

a)

Exaggeration

b)

Reversal

c)

Incongruity

d)

Spoof

29.

What's the main rhetorical appeal?

"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

kairos

30.

a manner of writing that mixes critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions

a)

Satire

b)

Lampoon

c)

Understatment

d)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

31.

Which appeal is most clearly used here?

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

d)

Kairos

32.

a)

Sarcasm

b)

Incongruity

c)

Reversal

d)

Parody

33.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Incongruity

c)

Spoof

d)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

34.

Aristotle’s notion of the timeliness, appropriateness, decorum, symmetry, balance—awareness of the rhetorical situation or "the circumstances that open moments of opportunity."

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

kairos

35.

Which style of satire is used in this image?

a)

Invective

b)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

c)

Reversal

d)

Lampoon

36.

Which style of satire is used in this image?

a)

Incongruity

b)

Lampoon

c)

Understatement

d)

Spoof

SATIRE & SWIFT UNIT: Modest Proposal & Gulliver's Travels

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