Question

Read the excerpt from Utopia. They find pearls on their coasts, and diamonds and carbuncles on their rocks; they do not look after them, but, if they find them by chance, they polish them, and with them they adorn their children, who are delighted with them . . . This excerpt is most likely More’s reaction to his society’s government. exploration. religion. greed.

Answer 1

The answer is greed because the other options do not make any sense. He made Utopia to show how much greed is in the real world not any of the other options.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D. The excerpt is most likely More's reaction to his society's greed. "Utopia" is the name of a socio-political satire book written by Thomas More and published in 1516. The writer describes how life is in the city called Utopia, which is reminiscent of how life is within religious institutions such as churches and monasteries.  In the excerpt showed before, Moore is showing how the Utopians have greed as one of their main characteristics. They put valuable objects above spirituality, they collect pearls and diamonds, which posses a high economic value, and they give them to their children to wear. The children are amused by the objects, but do not know the actual value of them, they use them as toys.