<em><u>Answer:</u></em>
- That he had more faults than he realized.
<em><u>Explanation:</u></em>
In his autobiography published in 1791 , Benjamin Franklin was surprise to discover that he had a lot more faults than he had imagined; but he had the satisfaction of seeing them go away.
The cause<span> of </span>death<span> remains unknown despite a careful review of the medical history, scene investigation, and autopsy.</span>
The first one is the third answer
The second one has the tone of apathetic or passionate
Personification definition:
1) the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
I am sorry that i couldn't give you examples I couldn't find a copy of the short story. But hopefully the defenition helps.