The catch phrase *How very dare you!* was originally used by English comedian and actor Frankie Howard, but has since found fame in the UK through the Catherine Tate show.

1. In this sentence, is the word *very* a modifier, and if so, what does it modify? 

2. This sentence is obviously exclamatory in force, but is it syntactically an exclamative or an interrogative clause? Note that this sentence exhibits subject auxiliary inversion, but that subject auxiliary inversion can occur in both interrogative and exclamative clauses.