What was the sexton's response to the narrators visit to the great pit in the churchyard?

The sexton agrees that the narrator can learn a lesson.

At age twenty-three Lady Mary Wortley Montagu defied convention when she

refused to marry the man her father arranged her to marry.

After serving abroad in Turkey with her Ambassador husband, Lady Montagu

successfully petitioned doctors to use immunization.

Which of the following was NOT one of the advantages to Swift's proposal?

It would improve diplomacy with France.

Jonathan Swift wrote his essay "A Modest Proposal" in response to

the severe economic problems experienced by the Irish

What information does the speaker's American friend supply?

Young children are bountiful and delicious food source.

The Emperor of Lilliput issued a troubling decree that:

all subjects must break eggs at the smaller end.

What can be identified as the core of Swift's satire in "A Modest Proposal"?

The speaker's inability to perceive the reader's objection.

Swift rejected all but one of the following solutions:

selling the children of the poor to taverns as food

The identifying quality of a formal essay is:

the author writes as an impersonal, objective authority.

Swift gained fame and fortune as the author of

satircal essays and political pamphlets

In Gulliver's Travels, Lemuel Gulliver was

A naval doctor on board a Royal Navy ship.

What did the King of Brobdingnag think of the English?

He thinks the English are the most contemptible creatures!

As a child Alexander Pope

contracted Tuberculosis of the spine.

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1
What was the sexton's response to the narrators visit to the great pit in the churchyard?
The sexton begs the narrator to help him escape the plague.
the sexton calls the guard and has the narrator arrested.
The sexton tells the narrator he would be wise to leave!
The sexton agrees that the narrator can learn a lesson.
2
The main idea of a formal essay is referred to as the
thesis
point
feces
position
3
At age twenty-three Lady Mary Wortley Montagu defied convention when she
refused to marry the man her father arranged her to marry.
unsuccessfully ran for a seat in Parliament.
appeared at a public gathering without a male escort.
enrolled as a student at Oxford University.
4
After serving abroad in Turkey with her Ambassador husband, Lady Montagu
chose to take permanent residence in Istanbul.
publicly renounced the Church of England.
successfully petitioned doctors to use immunization.
wrote extensively about her life inside a harem.
5
Swift is most well known for his masterpiece
Gulliver's Travels
Tom Jones
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure Island
6
Which of the following was NOT one of the advantages to Swift's proposal?
It would reduce the number of Catholics.
It would give the poor a valuable commodity.
It would improve diplomacy with France.
It would enlarge the public treasury.
7
Which of the following literary devices did Swift NOT use within Gulliver's Travel
hyperbole
aphorism
irony
parody
8
Jonathan Swift wrote his essay "A Modest Proposal" in response to
the English blockade of the Ivory Coast
his wife, who was abandoned by her first Irish husband
a proposal published by Sir Isaac Spense in The Spectator
the severe economic problems experienced by the Irish
9
At the suggestion of King William III, Swift became
a published poet
a student at Oxford
an Anglican priest
a member of parliament
10
What information does the speaker's American friend supply?
Young children are bountiful and delicious food source.
The trouble with England is the lack of modest dress.
An abundance of jobs & opportunity are available in America.
Troubles with the English economy are caused by the Irish.
11
Pope was prevented from attending England's universities because
he was Irish
he was Scottish
he was Roman Catholic
he was a Puritan Reformer
12
Pope, like Dryden and Swift before him, was influenced by Greek poetry and was known as
a Necromancer
a Neoclassicist
a Communist
a Romanticist
13
Jonathan Swift was born in
Dublin, Ireland
Gwyrden, Wales
Bruton Parish, England
Glasgow, Scotland
14
The Emperor of Lilliput issued a troubling decree that:
any Lilliputian found in possession of books was to be shot.
all subjects must break eggs at the smaller end.
All Lilliputians were required to wear hats in public.
all subjects must surrender half their yearly wages.
15
In A Journal of The Plague year Daniel Defoe invented a fictional witness known only as:
T.O.
H.F.
H.R.
T.P.
16
What can be identified as the core of Swift's satire in "A Modest Proposal"?
The speaker's constant reference to Irish pride.
The speaker's inability to perceive the reader's objection.
The speaker's desperate need to find British acceptance.
The speaker's hope to provide humanitarian aid to Ireland.
17
Pope is known for his brief, witty poems or sayings that sum up a philosophical point, called:
epiphones
aphorism
aphorensis
epigrams
18
While in his early twenties, Pope angered many critics of his day with the publication of
An Essay on Man
An Essay on Criticism
A Modest Proposal
The Rape of The Lock
19
Swift rejected all but one of the following solutions:
taxing absentee landowners
selling the children of the poor to taverns as food
requiring landlords to be merciful
buying domestic products
20
The identifying quality of a formal essay is:
the requirement for shirt and tie.
the author involves the reader with a formal invitation
the author writes as an impersonal, objective authority.
the lighter tone and lack of structure.
21
Swift gained fame and fortune as the author of
Swift's Guide to Satire
satircal essays and political pamphlets
several volumes of poetry.
several choral masterpieces.
22
In Gulliver's Travels, Lemuel Gulliver was
a world traveler bent on adventurous exploration.
An extremely small man who lived in Brobdingnag Wales.
A giant man who terrorized the town of Lilliput, Ireland.
A naval doctor on board a Royal Navy ship.
23
Pope's An Essay on Man was inspired by the epistles of the ancient Greek poet
Euripides
Plato
Horace
Aristotle
24
What did the King of Brobdingnag think of the English?
He greatly admired their political policies.
He thinks the English are the most contemptible creatures!
He envied their culture & ability to write powerful poetry.
He loved their music and great sense of fashion.
25
As a child Alexander Pope
traveled with his loving parents to Ireland.
received the best formal education at the famous Eton School
contracted Tuberculosis of the spine.
wrote the impressive translation of the Odyssey.

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