Question

4054va v. english 12 sem a- a
satire in swifts \a modest proposal\
london, above twenty years ago, and in conversation told my friend, that in his country, when any young person happened to be put to death, the executioner sold the carcass
to persons of quality, as a prime dainty; and that, in his time, the body of a plump girl of fifteen, who was crucified for an attempt to poison the emperor, was sold to his imperial
majestys prime minister of state, and other great mandarins of the court in joints from the gibbet, at four hundred crowns. neither indeed can i deny, that if the same use were
made of several plump young girls in this town, who without one single groat to their fortunes, cannot stir abroad without a chair, and appear at a play - house and assemblies in
foreign fineries which they never will pay for; the kingdom would not be the worse.
some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my
thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they
are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as
hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour,
they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come.
why does swift not include older civilians, sick civilians, or civilians with disabilities in his proposal?
he says they are needed
as laborers.
he says they receive
enough help from their
families.
he says they would not
taste good.
he says they are already
dying off quickly.

Explanation:

In the text, Swift states about the poor aged, diseased, or maimed: "they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected". This shows he excludes them from his proposal because they are already dying off quickly, so option D matches the text's reasoning. Other options (A: not said they're needed as laborers; B: no mention of family help; C: taste not discussed for them) are inconsistent with the passage.

Answer:

D. He says they are already dying off quickly.