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Critical Reading The following question is based on your reading of “Gulliver’s Travels.” What is the target of Swift’s satire in Gulliver’s Travels when he has Gulliver offer the king of Brobdingnag the technology to make gunpowder and the king refuses? a. the inhumanity of modern warfare c. the folly of the religious schism in Europe b. the inability of rulers to accept change d. the wisdom of European rulers

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