Question

Read this passage from The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin. Why did Franklin add the virtue of humility to his list? My List of Virtues contained at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly informed me that I was generally thought proud; that my pride showed itself frequently in conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any point, but was overbearing and rather insolent; of which he convinced me by mentioning several instances;—I determined endeavoring to cure myself if I could of this vice or folly among the rest, and I added humility to my list, giving an extensive meaning to the word.

a Franklin thought it would be an easier virtue for him to master so he added it.
   b  He had meant to add it but left it off. A friend pointed that out to him                       c A member of the Quakers accused him of being proud and insolent.
d Franklin realized that no list of virtues was complete without humility on it.

Answer 1

Franklin thought it would be an easier virtue for him to master. The text also says that "No list of virtues was complete without humility on it."
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Answer 2

The correct answer is the letter C.

The explanation for this answer can be seen in the passage where he speaks "But a Quaker Friend having kindly informed me that I was generally thought proud ... overbearing and rather insolent."

When his friend made these negative points in his personality Franklin realized that what he lacked in himself was humility and that he should include that virtue in his list.