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The best two answers are:parish officials' ignorance of the risks apprentices faced (as can be seen, they thought that using a fire to make the boys move quickly was perfectly reasonable)
the employment of children for hazardous tasks (a difficult and dangerous task like cleaning the chimney was left to the boys)
a lack of regard for life among the working class - this is not shown much, since the people in the conversation are the elite, not the working class
the reluctance of young, able-bodied boys to work - this is merely a claim by the parish officials
the use of parish orphans for raising money for the parish - this is not directly mentioned in the passage, as the orphans are just doing labor, not directly raising money
the employment of children for hazardous tasks (a difficult and dangerous task like cleaning the chimney was left to the boys)
a lack of regard for life among the working class - this is not shown much, since the people in the conversation are the elite, not the working class
the reluctance of young, able-bodied boys to work - this is merely a claim by the parish officials
the use of parish orphans for raising money for the parish - this is not directly mentioned in the passage, as the orphans are just doing labor, not directly raising money
The two traits that Charles Dickens pointed out about British society during the Industrial Revolution in this excerpt from Oliver Twist are the following:
parish officials'ignorance of the risks apprentices faced
the employment of children for hazardous tasks
parish officials'ignorance of the risks apprentices faced
the employment of children for hazardous tasks