Question

In which of the following ways is la Biblioteca Nacional de España similar to the Library of Congress?
(1 point)
Responses

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.

Answer 1

They were both started from a private collection of books.

Explanation: Spain’s national library grew out of the royal (private) library, and the U.S. Library of Congress was substantially built from Thomas Jefferson’s private collection after 1815.