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QuizMultiple Choice

Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

Question 10 • 26-27 Ignite English 12 NG KY-English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."As to our City of Dublin, shambles may be appointed for this purpose, in the most convenient parts of it, and butchers we may be assured will not be wanting; although I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs.

Answer
A
He states that “roasting pigs” is more difficult than roasting children.
B
He states that butchers would have a problem roasting a child “as we do roasting pigs.”
C
He states that butchers are always “wanting” for “roasting pigs.”
D
He states that sending children to the butcher would be as simple as “roasting pigs.”