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English, 26.06.2019 21:30 keaganaplin

In the excerpt from “a voyage to brobdingnag” from gulliver’s travels, gulliver finds himself in a kingdom of giants. what can you infer about the king’s attitude toward gulliver’s accounts of his homeland from the following quotation from gulliver: but i confess, that after i had been a little too copious in talking of my own beloved country, of our trade, and wars by sea and land, of our schisms in religion, and parties in the state, the prejudices of his education prevailed so far, that he could not forbear taking me up in his right hand, and stroking me gently with the other, after an hearty fit of laughing, asked me whether i was a whig or a tory. explain why your answer choice is correct. a. the king is interested in learning about gulliver’s political connections. b. the king finds england’s politics and society, based on gulliver’s account of them, to be ridiculous. c. the king thinks that gulliver told him a joke. d. the king did not understand what gulliver said. the answer is b. the king finds england's politics and society, based on gulliver's account of them, to be ridiculous.; explanation: the king laughs at what gulliver considers to be examples of the greatness of english politics and society.

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