The Juicy Plot
What problem does the narrator call attention to in the first paragraph?
female beggars accompanied by too many children
In the second paragraph, before providing a solution, what does Swift say would be yet another advantage to what he will propose?
A) providing fresh ingredients
B) increasing the number of Protestants
C) preventing voluntary abortions
D) maintaining small class sizes
C) preventing voluntary abortions
A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of author or a work for comic effect or ridicule
A) Parody
B) Double Entendres
C) Comparisons
D) Exaggeration
E) Juxtapositions
F) Reversal
A) Parody
According to Swift, a gentleman should be prepared to pay how much for
“the carcass of a good fat child”?
10 shillings
What is ironic about his proposal and the statement:
“it will prevent those voluntary abortions”
His proposal would be killing the babies regardless.
At what age is a child best suited to serve as the solution to the problem he identifies?
age 1
Which one of the following is NOT one of the advantages he describes?
A) increasing care and tenderness of mothers
B) bring “great customs” to taverns
C) encouraging children to mind their manners
D) serving a great inducement to marriage
C) encouraging children to mind their manners
To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstated
A) Parody
B) Double Entendres
C) Comparisons
D) Exaggeration
E) Juxtapositions
F) Reversal
D) Exaggeration
Swift proposes that they reserve 20,000 kids to be used as breeders. How many females would one male be sufficient to serve?
4
What is one objection
That the narrator thinks might “possibly be raised against this proposal”?
A) it is morally repugnant
B) it is criminal activity
C) it will reduce the number of people in the kingdom
D) it will reduce the country’s dependence on lamb and other meat products
C) it will reduce the number of people in the kingdom
Why would “infant’s flesh be in season throughout the year, but more plentiful in March”?
There are more Roman Catholic children born 9 months after Lent
Swift say is the first advantage to his proposal would be to lessen the number of ___________________.
Catholics or Papists
A contrast between what is expected and what does actually happen
A) Parody
B) Double Entendres
C) Comparisons
D) Exaggeration
E) Juxtapositions
F) Reversal
F) Reversal
How many meals could someone get from one child?
4
What is the type of irony used when Swift writes about the hesitancy about eating a 12 to 14 year old girl because it is “bordering upon cruelty”
-situational
-verbal
-dramatic
-verbal
Swift rejects alternative solutions at the end, which one of the following is not a solution he considers rejecting?
A) taxing the absentee landlords at five shilling
B) putting children to work at a young age
C) requesting shopkeepers to buy only goods that have been made in Ireland
D) teaching landlords to have mercy towards their tenants
B) putting children to work at a young age
Name one trade that would benefit from his proposal
Landlords or Cooks in Taverns
Is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways.
A) Parody
B) Double Entendres
C) Comparisons
D) Exaggeration
E) Juxtapositions
F) Reversal
B) Double Entendres
How much money would a woman be able to get if she sells her child after a year old?
8 shillings
According to Swift, who is the "enemy"?
-Papists
-Landowners
-Landlords
-Protestants
-Papists
What is a stereotype does Swift suggest of Americans among the British in 1729?
A) Backwards Barbarians
B) Well respected
C) Ignorant and uneducated
D) dependent upon England
A) Backwards Barbarians
What did Swift say was the 6th advantage of his proposal?
No more domestic abuse:
Mothers love their children
More marriages
Fathers would not beat pregnant wives
An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
A) Parody
B) Double Entendres
C) Comparisons
D) Exaggeration
E) Juxtapositions
F) Reversal
E) Juxtapositions
How much would the nation’s stock increase from the profits of selling and eating babies?
50,000 pounds
Swift describes his friend who suggests eating 14 year old boys as “a true lover of his country” and “a patriot”. What is ironic about these descriptions?
A) a patriot wouldn’t be in the country to eat boys; they would be fighting for their country.
B) it is against the law to eat children
C) a true patriot wouldn’t want to kill their own countrymen
D) 14 year old boys are too lean to eat
C) a true patriot wouldn’t want to kill their own countrymen