Final answer:
The correct answer to the question is (a) True. 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift satirically criticizes the English exploitation of Ireland by suggesting the Irish could sell their children as food, highlighting the disregard for Irish hardships.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question refers to Jonathan Swift's satirical work titled 'A Modest Proposal'. The correct answer to the question is (a) True. Jonathan Swift's work indeed pokes fun at England's exploitation and consumption of all things Irish by proposing, in a satirical manner, that the problem of poverty in Ireland could be solved by the Irish selling their infants as food to the wealthy English.
This proposal was meant to criticize the brutal economic exploitation of Ireland by the English landlords and to highlight the inhumane indifference to the plight of the Irish poor.