Swift’s contemporary readers would have understood the emperor’s commandment about eggs and the controversy it causes to be a sharp critique of the conflict between English Protestants and French Catholics. In an essay of 300 words or more, write a brief summary of the egg conflict that Gulliver encounters, and what Swift may have been trying to say about the religious debate in 18th-century Europe. Be sure to include specific evidence from the text in support of your claims.

the correct answer is option d. none of these. it is noted that options a, b, and c share the same content.

despite the valid answer provided at the last sentence of each of the options, a question/answer format shouldn't include humourous themed responses such as "you bet your thermal pj's we do." - unless of course, the answer is carried out in an informal environment. this could be replaced with a simple "yes" or "it is necessary".

the question should be re-phrased to a more appropiate syntaxis. instead of "do we need the greenhouse effect? ", it should be written as "is the greenhouse effect necessary? " in order to give it a general scope, instead of limiting the answer to the needs of "we" the humans.

again the answer is c