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
