Analysis of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography

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." (lines 1-2)

The rhetorical purpose of lines 14-17 ("And we...values") is to

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

In the second line of the footnote, the number 31 most probably indicates the

page of the Weekly Standard on which the reference appears

This passage is most probably excerpted from

a biography of Franklin intended for a general audience

The main purpose of the footnote is to

Introduce readers to an ongoing discussion

The final paragraph (lines 30-37) functions as

an authorial judgement about a preceding discussion

The misunderstanding discussed in lines 35-37 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 line 21 of the passage refers to people who

have reservations about Franklin's values

The device used in lines 8-17 ("We can...values") to convey Franklin's character is

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