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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Unit Test

Question 5 • OK-English IV A-CR

How does Swift use satire in this passage to criticize society?

Answer
A
He suggests that people are foolish because they are unwilling to spend money to solve problems.
B
He shows that the people of Ireland would be better off listening to the English.
C
He suggests that people are so old-fashioned that they will not listen to new ideas.
D
He implies that the English care so little for the Irish people that they will not object to using Irish children for food.

Explanation

Swift’s shocking suggestion that Irish children be used as food is not meant literally. By imagining that the English would not object, he satirizes their indifference to the suffering and exploitation of the Irish people. The correct choice is that the English care so little for the Irish that they would not object to using Irish children for food.

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