Question

passage
great inventions begin with simple desires. orville and wilbur wright wanted to fly. thomas edison wanted to read at night. alexander graham bell wanted to talk to people on the other side of town.

question
how would this author be most likely to describe the invention of the automobile?

• the automobile evolved from several inventors experiments with attaching engines to carriages.
• henry ford wanted to get from one place to another in a hurry.
• henry ford integrated a number of earlier ideas into a practical process for making automobiles.
• the automobile was invented when people wanted to communicate more quickly.

Explanation:

The passage shows that great inventions start with simple desires (e.g., Wrights wanted to fly, Edison to read at night, Bell to talk across town). For the automobile, the author would likely frame it as starting with a simple desire. Henry Ford wanting to get from one place to another in a hurry fits this pattern of a simple desire leading to invention. The other options focus on evolution/ideas integration or incorrect purpose (communication for automobile).

Answer:

B. Henry Ford wanted to get from one place to another in a hurry.