Summarizing Washington's words, the main goal of institution is to improve the education by creating institutions that will bring to America bigger amound of qualified specialists/
Theme is A) An underlying concept.
Theme is also the big picture you see in the story.
I picked A because, you first have to find out what you wanna write about. This is something you should before finding the main points to put in your story, and your main idea. It can be about something you like, or something that makes your story interesting to read. Hope this helps!!!
Based on the excerpt from Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", the author uses <span>the character of the Devil as an antagonist. This is because the Devil, after hearing the conversation between the woman and her husband, decided to give the man enough land to corrupt him and make him follow his evil ways. </span>