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.

rags Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote 'A Modest Proposal'?

Jonathan Swift Signup and view all the answers

When was 'A Modest Proposal' printed in Dublin?

M.DCC.XXIX Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who is the author of 'A Modest Proposal'?

Jonathan Swift Signup and view all the answers

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

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. Signup and view all the answers

Where was 'A Modest Proposal' printed?

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

What is the main issue addressed in the text?

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

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

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

A Modest Proposal" Quiz

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