English Honors 4A Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
How does Swift portray himself throughout the essay? In what places does he reveal an
egotistical persona? - CORRECT ANSWER - P1. He portrays himself as serious,
authoritative, stuck-up and superior to all.
P2. He is speaking opposite of a modest tone, which is ironic. In the beginning, he sets it up to
make the common reader believe that it is going to be a real, modest, proposal but it isn't.
How does Swift dehumanize the people in this essay? What is his purpose in doing so? -
CORRECT ANSWER - He calls women breeders. He calls people food. He says that we
only need 1 men for every 4 women because men can reproduce faster.
He is taking their language and making fun of them with it by using it in a serious way.
How does Swift make himself appear to be an expert? - CORRECT ANSWER - In
paragraph 4 he states, "As to my own part, having turned my thoughts for many years, upon this
important subject, and maturely weighed the several Schemes of the other Projectors (One who
forms schemes or designs), I have always found them to be grossly mistaken in their
computations."
In paragraph 7 he states, "I am assured by our Merchants, that a Boy or Girl, before twelve years
Old, is no saleable Commodity, and even when they come to this Age, they will not yield above
three Pounds, or three Pounds and half a Crown at most on the Exchange, which cannot turn to
Account either to the Parents or the Kingdom, the Charge of Nutriments and Rags having been at
least four times that Value."
In paragraph 9 he states, " I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance
in London, that a young healthy Child well Nursed is at a year Old, a most delicious, nourishing,
and wholesome Food, whether Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boyled, and I make no doubt that it
will equally serve in a Fricasie, or Ragoust. "
Why does Swift focus on the benefits of his plan before giving us the details of it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Listening to the benefits more easily persuades the reader and helps with his
serious tone.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
How does Swift portray himself throughout the essay? In what places does he reveal an
egotistical persona? - CORRECT ANSWER - P1. He portrays himself as serious,
authoritative, stuck-up and superior to all.
P2. He is speaking opposite of a modest tone, which is ironic. In the beginning, he sets it up to
make the common reader believe that it is going to be a real, modest, proposal but it isn't.
How does Swift dehumanize the people in this essay? What is his purpose in doing so? -
CORRECT ANSWER - He calls women breeders. He calls people food. He says that we
only need 1 men for every 4 women because men can reproduce faster.
He is taking their language and making fun of them with it by using it in a serious way.
How does Swift make himself appear to be an expert? - CORRECT ANSWER - In
paragraph 4 he states, "As to my own part, having turned my thoughts for many years, upon this
important subject, and maturely weighed the several Schemes of the other Projectors (One who
forms schemes or designs), I have always found them to be grossly mistaken in their
computations."
In paragraph 7 he states, "I am assured by our Merchants, that a Boy or Girl, before twelve years
Old, is no saleable Commodity, and even when they come to this Age, they will not yield above
three Pounds, or three Pounds and half a Crown at most on the Exchange, which cannot turn to
Account either to the Parents or the Kingdom, the Charge of Nutriments and Rags having been at
least four times that Value."
In paragraph 9 he states, " I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance
in London, that a young healthy Child well Nursed is at a year Old, a most delicious, nourishing,
and wholesome Food, whether Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boyled, and I make no doubt that it
will equally serve in a Fricasie, or Ragoust. "
Why does Swift focus on the benefits of his plan before giving us the details of it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Listening to the benefits more easily persuades the reader and helps with his
serious tone.
