Question

Read the passage from The American Plague. Finally, Washington turned to Attorney General Edmund Randolph. As the nation's chief law official and legal counsel of the United States, Randolph was someone whose opinion held great weight. In a delicately worded letter, Randolph told Washington that no, the president could not move Congress, even in an emergency. "It seems to be unconstitutional," Randolph noted. Which sentence contains the central idea of the passage?

Answer 1

C

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Answer 2

C. In a delicately worded letter, Randolph told Washington that no, the president could not move Congress, even in an emergency.

Step-by-step explanation:

This sentence shows the main idea of the passage: exactly what Randolph advised Washington. None of the other sentences work, because the main point is that he said Congress could not be moved.

Test it out: if you remove all the other sentences and leave only C, the main point should still make sense. And it does.