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What problem was Ireland facing when Swift wrote A Modest Proposal

English landlords charging Irish households expensive rent

What is one of the reasons that Swift gives for his proposal

Children would become valuable property.

Harvesting poor infants will reduce the number of Papists in the country.

What does Crusoe's handling of the corn kernels and rice stalks reveal about his character

He is resourceful and patient

What does Crusoe's exchange of Xury to the Portuguese captain reveal about his character

Crusoe values loyalty but often gains it through manipulation.

Which of the following story events from Robinson Crusoe would be considered situational irony

Crusoe purchases a sugar cane plantation and lives the life he told his father that he didn't want to live.

Crusoe wants freedom, so he leaves his parents' house, but then he's forced to be a slave to a ship captain.

What group is targeted negatively but indirectly by Swift in A modest Proposal

upper-class families of ireland - apex

When swift the narrator suggests that his proposal is modest what rhetorical technique is he using

Understatement

What is one way that Swift uses irony in a modest proposal

He creates a distinction between what he says and what he really means.

Based on what you read in chapters 1 through 9 of Robinson Crusoe which of the following statements would Crusoe most likely agree with

No matter how bad life gets, there is always good to be found

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Which event from the story best represents the character-versus-character conflict

Crusoe loses his newly built roof to an earthquake.

What event from the story does this passage most likely foreshadow

Crusoe's questioning of god's punishment and his anger over it

Who or what is most likely the antagonist in the scenario

The sea

APEX

For which reason would writers most likely choose to write satire

they want to criticize socially accepted values (Apex)

Crusoe's struggle with escaping the Turkish ship captain is best represented by what type of conflict

Character versus character

What is the best example of a cultural value

Respect animals and pets

What According to the ideas presented in A Modest Proposal who does the narrator but not Swift himself seem to blame most for Ireland's poverty

Parents

Which character motivation best matches this conflict

The girl loves her family and wants to protect them.

APEX

Which of the following scenarios would most likely be considered situational irony

Renee was elated when they handed her the first-place spelling bee plaque, but she frowned when she discovered they'd misspelled a word on the plaque.

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