Benjamin Franklin - AP Lang MC

Which of the following sentences best represents the author's main point in the passage?

"Franklin has a particular resonance in twenty-first century America." (Paragraph 1).

This passage is most probably excerpted from

a biography of Franklin intended for a general audience

The final paragraph functions as

an authorial judgment about a preceding discussion

The misunderstanding discussed in Paragraph 3 is that many who study Franklin

confuse Franklin's public statements with his private beliefs

The first paragraph characterizes people in the contemporary United States primarily as

genial yet self-interested

"They" in Paragraph 2 of the passage refers to people who

have reservations about Franklin's values

The rhetorical purpose of Paragraph 1 ("And we ... values") is to

prompt the reader to feel kinship with Franklin on the basis of the challenges he faced