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Satire

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A form of humor where human vices are ridiculed.

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The king's grandfather cut his thumb on the big end of the egg

Front

How did the Big/Little-Endian fight start?

Back

Babies

Front

The food of choice in Modest Proposal

Back

It would prevent the rope-dancers from having to dance

Front

What is NOT an advantage to Swift's plan, according to Swift?

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George I

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The British king at the time Gulliver's Travels was written.

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Big-Endians

Front

Believed that eggs should be cracked a certain way

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Lilliput

Front

The island where the little people lived

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Lemuel Gulliver

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Traveled to many strange islands

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He learns the language

Front

How does Gulliver mainly communicate with the inhabitants on each island

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Juvenalian

Front

The satire that is one which is cutting, scornful and angry

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A statue should be made for him

Front

According to Swift, what should be done for the person who comes up with a solution for this problem?

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Shakespeare

Front

What is NOT something Swift was parodying in Gulliver's Travels?

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Brobdingnag

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The island where big people lived

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The children are poor and unwanted

Front

What is the problem plaguing Ireland in A Modest Proposal?

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Papists

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Which group is made fun of in A Modest Proposal?

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He thought England sounded ridiculous

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How did the king on the island of big people respond to Gulliver's descriptions of England?

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Sir Robert Walpole

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The prime minister at the time of Jonathan Swift

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Ireland

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Where Jonathan Swift was originally from.

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Dublin

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What swift referred to as "this great town" in A Modest Proposal

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He's been bound up in rope by the inhabitants

Front

When Gulliver awakens on the first island, what has happened to him?

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Rope-dancers

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Gained favors from the king by performing

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By rope-dancing

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How are political offices chosen in Lilliput?

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