Which are main ideas of Swift’s "A Modest Proposal"? Select three options.People could solve the problem of poverty in England by breeding, selling, and eating its impoverished children.The practice of eating impoverished children would benefit the poor, the wealthy, and the English economy.Those who constantly breed would have to care for their children for only one year before selling them for a profit.Men would take better care of their pregnant wives because they would not want to do anything to cause a miscarriage.Swift maintains that his solution to end poverty in England is the easiest, cheapest, and most effective proposal thus far made.
Answer
A
People could solve the problem of poverty in England by breeding, selling, and eating its impoverished children.
B
The practice of eating impoverished children would benefit the poor, the wealthy, and the English economy.
C
Those who constantly breed would have to care for their children for only one year before selling them for a profit.
D
Men would take better care of their pregnant wives because they would not want to do anything to cause a miscarriage.
E
Swift maintains that his solution to end poverty in England is the easiest, cheapest, and most effective proposal thus far made.
Explanation
Swift’s narrator proposes that impoverished children be bred, sold, and eaten as a supposed solution to poverty, which is the central satirical idea (A). He claims this scheme would benefit poor families, wealthy consumers, and the economy (B), and presents it as an especially easy, cheap, and effective proposal (E). The points about caring for children for one year and protecting pregnant wives are narrower supporting arguments, not the proposal’s main ideas.
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