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A Modest Proposal/The Importance of Being Earnest

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What is a modest proposal? What is it suggesting?   a reasonable/appropriate suggestion  
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What does the author suggest children should be used for?   anything that will benefit the country of England  
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What is the problem in the first paragraph?   they are begging for food and money  
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what will happen to them when they get older?   they will become thieves  
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What should the happen to the person that finds a solution to the problem of the poverty in Ireland?   they will have a statue erected in their honor  
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at what age should these children feed and clothe others?   at age one  
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what would using children to feed and clothe others, what would it prevent?   it would prevent mothers from aborting their babies and murdering their bastard children  
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what did his American friend tell him about this plan?   a one year old is a delicious, nourishing food  
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what disturbs you in paragraph 10?   it describes eating babies  
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explain how a child will serve as two purposes or please two people.   ask mr reid  
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what will the skin be used for?   gloves and boots  
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