Match List I with List II:
| List I: Passage (paraphrased) | List II: Swift's work |
|---|---|
| A. A garden-like countryside seen on a journey | I. 'A Description of a City Shower' |
| B. A proposal to use infants as food | II. Gulliver's Travels |
| C. Semen turned to choler and rising to the brain | III. A Modest Proposal |
| D. Street filth carried along by a flood | IV. A Tale of a Tub |
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Correct answer: B. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
Explanation
The cultivated landscape recalls Gulliver's travels; the cannibal economics is A Modest Proposal (1729); the physiology of 'vapours' rising to the brain is the 'Digression on Madness' in A Tale of a Tub (1704); the overflowing kennels close 'A Description of a City Shower' (1710).
Note: List I passages are paraphrased.
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