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Who were the Lilliputians?

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these were very miniature people

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What was Swift's serious solution to Ireland's problems?

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prudent living and buying Irish products

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What do The Lilliputians satirize?

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What people will do to please those in power.

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What is the reason Swift's Modest Proposal might have been a good idea?

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The poor would have something to sell.

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tWhat was he firs clue that a modest proposal was sarcasm?

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The line: "I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious food".

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Who is narrator of Gulliver's travels?

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Lemuel Gulliver

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What did Swift believes about Ireland?

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People are are dying and rotting by cold, famine and filth.

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What does A modest proposal satirize?

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English policy in Ireland.

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What does the narrator of a Modest Proposal anticipate?

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A decrease in the number of beggars. A decrease in the number of Papists.

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What was Swift's satirical solution to Ireland's problems

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Sell and eat the Irish babies.

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Who were the Brobdingnabs?

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These were gigantic people.

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What does the visit to Laputa satirize?

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Universities and intellectuals who devote time and research to small issues when society has more pressing problems.

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Who was Author of A modest Proposal

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Jonathan Swift

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Who were the Houyhnhnms

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These were horse creatures.

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