Machiaveli

1.  The first sentence of p12 is made up of two clauses.  How are they related?

• The second presents facts to support the conjecture of the first
  
• The second makes an assertion about what the first questioned
  
• The second presents an opinion concerning the facts of the first
  
• The second qualifies what the first acknowledges
  

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Paragraphs 13 and 14 contain each of the following EXCEPT

• analgoy
• irony
• allusion
• antithesis

Machiavelli regards humanity in general as each of the following EXCEPT

• selfish
• simpleminded
• discriminating
• gullible

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Machiavelli presents each of the following contrasts EXCEPT

• perception and knowledge
• wealth and poverty
• craft and honesty
• appearance and reality

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.K.9

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Machiavelli would most likely estimate the worth of a leader according to his

• honesty
• faithfulness
• flexibility
• integrity

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Machiavelli recommends that a prince’s actions should be guided by

• humanity
• equity
• sincerity
• self-interest

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Paragraphs 12-17 can best be described as a

• rebel's complaint concerning tyranny
• philosopher's suggestions for an ideal state
• practical man's recommendation for effectiveness
• leader's pretext for seizing control

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The end of the passage is paradoxical in that it

• uses the anonymity of the prince as a specific example
• presents as an object of praise what seems to be subject to criticism
• describes the enmity of the prince as a quality to be praised
• criticizes a condition that was formerly an object of esteem

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The tone of the piece is

• authoritative and confident
• outraged and sarcastic
• melancholy and reserved
• critical and resigned

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The speaker of the passage would most likely regard himself as

• a pragmatist
• an idealist
• an optimist
• a satirist

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.9