It is false that academic arguments should be written in first-person perspective. Nothing should be written in first-person perspective when it comes to academic writing.
The following sentence best paraphrases the passage:
"Swift maintains that, if asked, people who have lived in poverty their entire lives would say that they would rather have been sold for food at one year of age."
the correct answer is B)Some people consider etiquette to be an unnecessary restriction of freedom
I’m pretty sure it would be C