PARCC Reading Main Idea Practice Questions Story 3

3. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. The patent system encourages free enterprise.

B. The Constitution protects the patent system.

C. The patent system in England has been influential in American patent development.

D. Patents are important tools for inventors.

E. Patented inventions protect the inventor, free enterprise, and the creative process.

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3. E: All three benefits of patents-inventor protection, free enterprise, and the creative process-are given equal importance in the passage. The other four choices each accurately identify individual ideas in the passage, but none incorporates all three parts of the main idea.