Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal" (Continued) — Quiz
Question 7 • Language Arts 12
Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." The poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and help to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. Which statement quotes Swift’s claim that the poor will also benefit from his proposal?
Answer
A
“Swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.”
B
Swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “help to pay their landlord’s rent.”
C
Swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to help pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade.
D
Swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized.