The purpose of the passage is most likely to (A) describe the cultural landscape in Gulliver's Travels (B) draw a comparison between the fictional world Gulliver experienced and the similar imaginative elements of eighteenth-century London (C) point out the superfluous nature of entertainment in Swift's London (D) provide evidence that Swift's satire is derived from the natural curiosity of European royalty (E) discredit the notion that Gulliver's Travels is a wholly original work
