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Analyzing Ideas, Structure, and Purpose in Machiavelli’s The Prince

Question 143048 • ELA 10B - 2023

Which detail best supports the idea that princes who do not destroy or occupy their principalities will not keep them?

Answer
A
“The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there an oligarchy.”
B
“The Romans, in order to hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia, dismantled them.”
C
“They wished to hold Greece as the Spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws.”
D
“He who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it.”
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