Answer: C) viable measures that could improve Ireland's situation
In this excerpt, Swift discusses viable and realistic measures that could help improve the situation of Ireland. This include reducing the pride and vanity of rich citizens, rejecting luxury, encouraging temperance and prudence, and introducing a spirit of honesty, industry and skill. However, because he is writing a satire, he presents this ideas as ridiculous, and argues that they would never work. This is meant to highlight how reasonable the measures are.
<span>C) viable measures that could improve Ireland's situation </span>He list things that could help like teaching landlords to have mercy, of learning to love our country and other things, Hope this helps.
You did not include the options for the blank spaces so I can only answer as best as I can based on the passage.
Scientists <u>are experimenting </u>how to best grow foods in space. Growing vegetables in space would help astronauts <u>travel to</u> Mars since the <u>distance to</u> Mars would make restocking an in-flight spacecraft impossible.
