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Modest Proposal Quiz

The document is a quiz about Jonathan Swift's satirical essay "A Modest Proposal" from 1729. The quiz asks who the author was, what year it was written, what literary device Swift used, that Swift proposed eating Irish children as a solution to overpopulation and poverty in Ireland, and that he claimed 30,000 children were born to poor people in Ireland each year.

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Modest Proposal Quiz

The document is a quiz about Jonathan Swift's satirical essay "A Modest Proposal" from 1729. The quiz asks who the author was, what year it was written, what literary device Swift used, that Swift proposed eating Irish children as a solution to overpopulation and poverty in Ireland, and that he claimed 30,000 children were born to poor people in Ireland each year.

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A Modest Proposal Quiz

Xauen, Jade, and Emily


February 24, 2014

1. Who is the author?

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2. What year was it written?

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3. What kind of literary device is Swift using throughout the story?

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4. What is the purpose to which Swift writes this modest proposal?

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5. What solution does swift offer to the problem?

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6. What country is he mocking the conditions of?

7. How many children does Swift say are born to poor people each year?

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