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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What Renaissance writer wrote The Prince, which was about politics and leadership?
A
Shakespeare
B
Machiavelli
C
Donatello
D
da Vinci
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Prince, political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli, written in 1513. A short treatise on how to acquire power, create a state, and keep it, The Prince represents Machiavelli’s effort to provide a guide for political action based on the lessons of history and his own experience as a foreign secretary in Florence.

Detailed explanation-2: -Niccolò Machiavelli (May 3, 1469–June 21, 1527) was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, Humanist, and writer. He has often been called the founder of modern political science.

Detailed explanation-3: -Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, but it wasn’t published until 1532, five years after his death.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dedicated to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the book is Machiavelli’s advice to the current ruler of Florence on how to stay in power. It was also his effort, though unsuccessful, to gain an advisory post in the Medici government. The Prince was not published until five years after Machiavelli’s death.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: Niccolò Machiavelli was one of the key figures of the Renaissance. He was a powerful political figure in Florence, one of the most powerful states in Italy. He wrote his political treatise, The Prince, in an effort to return to Florence from exile.

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