Question

Select the correct answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option B.  Old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens.

Explanation:

In this excerpt we can see how the author addresses the issue of how old and sick people cannot get a job and not only that, they starve and die of cold.

The author also ironically remarks how young workers "are now in almost as hopeful a condition." and talks about how they can't get a job either.

Exactly the use of this irony is what is considered as "satirical tone".

Given this information we can say that the correct answer is option B.

Answer 2

B. In slavery times when African elders or people that were special could not work they were most often killed :(