The sentence "Moreover, it is probably just as valuable or more valuable to us now, than it was in the ancient past".
Quotations add emphasis to ideas, so A is out. If quotations add emphasis to ideas then they also add strong support to claims therefore C is out. Quotations add credibility to writing as well so D is out. Therefore B is the right answer, you would not include direct quotations in a story to add length to a boring story.
Answer:
Its the last one!! (Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had an up-and-down, long-term friendship, which Jefferson wrote about in letters to friends.) hope this helps:)
Explanation:
They never said who specifically wrote it but it reveals that in the last one.