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 lesson 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
the catholic population
in the last line, the writer talks about the \good protestants\ to
mock the protestants for paying tithes (compulsory donations)
criticize the growing influence of the catholic population
highlight the sufferings of irish protestants
criticize protestants who abandoned their country

Explanation:

In "A Modest Proposal", the "principal breeders" refer to the Catholic population (Papists) as the text mentions reducing their number. For the "good Protestants" part, the context involves Protestants leaving due to lack of an episcopal curate (related to tithes, as they pay tithes to an episcopal curate, and the absence leads them to leave). The option "criticize Protestants who abandoned their country" fits as the text says many good Protestants left instead of staying, so the writer is criticizing them for abandoning their country.

Answer:

criticize Protestants who abandoned their country