Question

This essay mentions “the famous Psalmanazar (“SAHL-muh-nez-ARE”), a native of the island Formosa,” who was actually a Frenchman. An image of “roads and cabin doors crowded with beggars of the female sex” opens this essay. In a section on the benefits of one practice, this essay claims it will generate “eight sterlings per annum” for the “poorer tenant.” (10[1])While suggesting ways (10[1])to reduce the number of papists in his country, (10[1])the author (10[1])of this essay (10[1])describes the central subjects as “wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled.” For 10 points, name this satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift that suggests poor Irish farmers should sell their children as food to the English. ■END■

ANSWER: A Modest Proposal [or A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick]
<Literature - British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nat KuNYU BUniversity of Delaware B5610
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonSwarthmore B5910
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia AColumbia B6810
Ashish KumbhardareRowanUniversity of Delaware A7010
Patrick Torre (DII)MarylandSwarthmore A7310

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y5100%0%0%65.20