Answer the following English multiple choice questions. 16. Read this excerpt fr

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Answer the following English multiple choice questions.

16. Read this excerpt from Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. (l point) The number of souls in Ireland being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couples whose wives are breeders, from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples, who are able to maintain their own children... Why does Swift include these sorts of 'facts and statistics" in his essay? O to make his use of verbal irony more effective O to reinforce his stated arguments O to head off opposition to his stated arguments O to demonstrate that he is well-educated

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1) the correct answer is he is using facts and statistics to reinforce his stated argument .

2) he talks about religious prejudice in the following .

3) he points that wealthy should take care to never become poor.

4)he wants to be remembered as melancholy person who nonetheless found true love

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