Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children. (“A Modest Proposal”; paragraph 12) Swift is suggesting that the landlords have _____.
caused their tenants great hardship
literally eaten the parents of most of the children on their property
taken possession of the children out of love and concern
given the parents a title to their own piece of property

Answer 1

caused their tenants great hardship

Swift in this passage is comparing the eating of babies to the same way that landlords have basically consumed their tenants. They've treated the poor tenants terribly and caused them a lot of hardship, which Swift is trying to call attention to.