Question

Read the excerpt from the introductory note of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. “Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler [candle maker] who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the ‘New England Courant.’ To this journal he became a contributor, and later was for a time its nominal editor. But the brothers quarreled, and Benjamin ran away, going first to New York, and thence to Philadelphia, where he arrived in October, 1723.” Which of the following is a key detail about Franklin’s employment in this excerpt? Benjamin Franklin was one of seventeen children. Benjamin Franklin’s father was a tallow-maker. Benjamin Franklin finished his schooling by age 10. Benjamin Franklin worked at the “New England Courant.”

Answer 1

the answer is c

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The option that is a key detail about Franklin's employment in the excerpt is:

D. Benjamin Franklin worked at the “New England Courant.”

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's work with elimination to find the correct answer. The question is about Franklin's employment, his job, which means we should ignore, so to speak, details that are not related to this topic.

Letter A concerns Franklin's position in the family. He was the youngest of seventeen children. That has nothing to do with employment, so we can eliminate letter A.

Letter B concerns employment, but it is Franklin's father's job, not his. We can also eliminate it.

Letter C concerns Franklin's education, which was finished when he was only 10. We can also discard this option.

Finally, we are left with letter D, the correct option. It speaks of Franklin's job at the publishing house for the "New England Courant".