A Modest Proposal" Quiz
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It is a melancholly Object to those, who walk through this great Town, or travel in the Country, when they see the streets, the roads, and the cabbin-doors crowded with ______ of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an Alms.

beggars

It is a melancholly Object to those, who walk through this great Town, or travel in the Country, when they see the streets, the roads, and the cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an ______.

Alms

It is a melancholly Object to those, who walk through this great Town, or travel in the Country, when they see the streets, the roads, and the cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and ______ every passenger for an Alms.

importuning

It is a melancholly Object to those, who walk through this great Town, or travel in the Country, when they see the streets, the roads, and the cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in ______, and importuning every passenger for an Alms.

<p>rags</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote 'A Modest Proposal'?

<p>Jonathan Swift</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was 'A Modest Proposal' printed in Dublin?

<p>M.DCC.XXIX</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main concern expressed in 'A Modest Proposal'?

<p>Preventing the children of poor people from being a burden and making them beneficial to the public</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the mothers in the text forced to do instead of working for their honest livelihood?

<p>They are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the condition of the children described in the text?

<p>They are all in rags and importuning every passenger for an alms</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is the author of 'A Modest Proposal'?

<p>Jonathan Swift</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main proposal in 'A Modest Proposal'?

<p>For preventing the children of poor people from being a burden to their parents and the country, and for making them beneficial to the public.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where was 'A Modest Proposal' printed?

<p>Dublin, printed by S. Harding; London, re-printed and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-lane</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main issue addressed in the text?

<p>The plight of poor women and their children who are forced to beg for sustenance</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the author suggest as a solution in 'A Modest Proposal'?

<p>A satirical proposal to sell and consume the children of poor people</p> Signup and view all the answers

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