Jonathan Swift Proposed Ironically That the Way to Solve the Problem

question 17

Multiple Choice

Jonathan Swift proposed ironically that the way to solve the problem of starvation among the children of the poor is to

• A) declare a civil uprising against the British government.
• B) provide free health clinics throughout rural Ireland.
• C) lower the legal age at which a child could work.
• D) eat newborn children.
• E) require education up to age twelve in order to lower the number of families on welfare.

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