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Monday, 15 May 2017

Multiple Choice modest proposal

Read A Modest Proposal again and choose the correct answer:

1. Which of the following social problems does Swift's proposal not address?

(A) Poverty
(B) Unemployment
(C) Population
(D) Homosexuality

 2. Who, according to Swift, are the "principle Breeders of the Nations"?

(A) Catholics
(B) Dissenting Protestants
(C) Anglicans
(D) Hindus

 3. At what age does Swift suggest that children should be sold?

(A) At birth
(B) At one year
(C) At five years
(D) At twelve years

4. What is the author's religious affiliation?

(A) Anglican
(B) Catholic
(C) Puritan
(D) Mormon

5. Of the children who will be allowed to survive, what will be the ratio of males to females?

(A) 1:1
(B) 2:1
(C) 1:2
(D) 1:4

6. Who will be the primary consumers of human flesh, according to the proposal?

(A) The rich
(B) Welfare recipients
(C) The old and infirm
(D) Atheists

7. What is a "Papist"?

(A) A political pamphleteer
(B) An absentee landowner
(C) A Catholic
(D) A cannibal

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