MACHIAVELLI

2. Which of the following statements is true

Best known for writing The Prince, the Italian
about Niccolò Machiavelli?
diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli has been regarded both
an inspirational writer and notorious for 500 years. A) Most of the pollical villains owe their
Although he had written bestselling comedies as existence to him.
well, Machiavelli’s reputation clings on to his mind-
B) The Prince may have been compiled by
blowing book the Prince, in which he advises how a
various other writers.
ruler should act and appear. In the book, he openly
advised that a ruler may lie, kill and use deception to C) He didn’t intend to create controversy by
achieve power and even do worse in order to hold on making brutal statements about achieving
to that, but he should never reveal these intentions power.
and appear as an angel. Few books have garnered
D) He was well aware of the fact that his book
as much controversy during their existence as The
will gain him a respectful reputation.
Prince. The book was banned by the Catholic
Church, seen as cynical by many, and was the basis E) He has been both praised and condemned
of one of the worst psychological traits a person can by various circles.
have; known as Machiavellianism. This is the book
that gave us such quotes as “It is better to be feared
than loved, if you cannot have both”, and “The ends 3. What can be inferred from Victor Hugo’s
justify the means”. History’s greatest how-to-rule statement; “he is nothing but the fact?
guide has also been one of the most widely criticized
A) He frankly approves of what Machiavelli
books of all time. The Prince of Machiavelli is also
wrote about politics and power
known to be a reference guide for many leaders from
Bill Clinton to Adolf Hitler, from Stalin, Mao to even B) He mocks the way Machiavelli suggests in
Shakespeare. As Victor Hugo quotes "Machiavelli is order to achieve power
not an evil genius, nor a demon, nor a cowardly and C) He intends to refute the Machiavellian way
miserable writer; he is nothing but the fact”. Today of thinking
term “Machiavellian” is used to describe an action
undertaken for gain without regard for right or wrong. D) He tries to express his Machiavellian point
of view by using deception

E) he aims to distinguish himself from other

1. We are given the information in the paragraph writers
that Niccolò Machiavelli-----.

A) gained the approval of the Church while he

was alienated by the general public 4. The attitude of the author toward Niccolò
Machiavelli and The Prince is ------.
B) had no intentions of bothering readers with
brutality and ambition

C) did not only write about politics as he wrote A) apprehensive B) jubilant

in other genres as well C) realistic D) critical
D) was in fact the one who longed for achieving E) prejudiced
political power for himself

E) is known to have coined the term

“Machiavellianism” himself in his well-known
book
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CEVAP ANAHTARI:

1.C

2.E

3.A

4.C