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Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of The Prince.There are, for example, the Spartans and the Romans. The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. The Romans, in order to hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. They wished to hold Greece as the Spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. So to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. And he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. And whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as Pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the Florentines.

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The Spartans and the Romans are alike in how they retain possession of newly acquired states.
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The Spartans and the Romans are alike in their approach to ruling newly acquired states.
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Observing what happened to the Spartans and the Romans shows that it is best to destroy a newly acquired state that is accustomed to freedom.
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Observing what happened to the Spartans and the Romans shows that it is best to establish an oligarchy in a newly acquired state that is accustomed to freedom.
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Which statement best describes a text with a cause-and-effect structure?

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It offers a solution to a problem.
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It explains why something occurs.
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It offers reasons to support a claim.
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It uses words such as thus, in fact, and however.
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Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince.And he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. And whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as Pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the Florentines.

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Machiavelli identifies the problem of the Florentines holding Pisa after conquest and offers the solution of disuniting the city to keep it.
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Machiavelli uses reasoning and an example as evidence in an argumentative structure to support his claim that a prince must destroy a city that is accustomed to freedom if he wants to hold it.
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Machiavelli uses a compare-and-contrast structure to contrast a city that rebels with one that does not, thus supporting his central idea that a prince must destroy a city that is accustomed to freedom.
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Machiavelli identifies freedom as a cause of rebellion in a conquered city and describes how the new prince can subdue the rebellion by destroying the city.
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Which statements describe a text with an argumentative structure? Select three options.It states an opinion.It offers reasons and evidence.It acknowledges opposing claims.It uses words such as problem, solve, and answer.It uses words such as likewise, similarly, and in contrast.

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It states an opinion.
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It offers reasons and evidence.
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It acknowledges opposing claims.
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It uses words such as problem, solve, and answer.
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It uses words such as likewise, similarly, and in contrast.
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Which statements best describe a text with a problem-and-solution structure? Select two options.It describes a chain of events.It identifies an issue to be resolved.It argues against opposing opinions.It contains words such as answer, difficulty, and therefore.It contains words such as similarly and on the other hand.

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It describes a chain of events.
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It identifies an issue to be resolved.
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It argues against opposing opinions.
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It contains words such as answer, difficulty, and therefore.
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It contains words such as similarly and on the other hand.

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