<span>Swift's "A Modest Proposal" was a satire recommending Irish babies be consumed as nourishing food.
Invective is a curse or cursing.
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In A Modest Proposal, Swift makes multiple attacks directed towards Catholics, landlords, and the English. Not angry, but personal.
Your correct answer is the fourth: 'After they rested a few days, the aliens revived sufficiently to explore.'
