In which of the following ways is la Biblioteca Nacional de España similar to the Library of Congress?
They were both founded in the eighteenth century.
They were both founded in the eighteenth century.
They were both started from a private collection of books.
They were both started from a private collection of books.
They both started with books strictly about government and politics.
They both started with books strictly about government and politics.
They both began as public libraries which then became private.
3 answers
None of the options listed are correct. The Library of Congress and la Biblioteca Nacional de España are both national libraries, but they were founded in different centuries (the Library of Congress in 1800 and la Biblioteca Nacional de España in 1711). They were not started from private collections, did not start with books strictly about government and politics, and did not begin as public libraries that became private.
a, b, c, or d
Option c: They both started with books strictly about government and politics.