Question

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu.
complete the sentences based on your reading of this excerpt from \a modest proposal\ by jonathan swift.
for first, as i have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of papists, with whom we are yearly over - run, being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies, and who stay at home on purpose with a design to deliver the kingdom to the pretender,
hoping to take their advantage by the absence of so many good protestants, who have chosen rather to leave their country, than stay at home and pay tithes against their conscience to an episcopal curate.
the \principal breeders\ of the nation refer to
in the last line, the writer talks about the \go
nonworking population
the catholic population in poverty
young men and women in poverty
foreigners living in ireland

Explanation:

In "A Modest Proposal", Swift discusses the Catholic population in Ireland, especially those in poverty. The term "principal breeders" refers to the Catholic population (Papists) who are over - populating and in poverty, and the context of the excerpt (mention of Papists, the Pretender, and the situation in Ireland) supports this. The other options don't fit as well: nonworking population is too vague, young men and women in poverty is not the main group referred to here, and foreigners living in Ireland is not relevant to the context of Papists in Ireland.

Answer:

the Catholic population in poverty