Machiavelli Advocated for Tyrants Like Cesare Borgia to Take Control

Multiple Choice

Machiavelli advocated for tyrants like Cesare Borgia to take control of Italy because:

A) he believed dictatorships were the only legitimate form of government.
B) his patron was such a tyrant.
C) he believed most Italian people were too poorly educated to participate in government and so a true republic was impossible.
D) he believed that sixteenth-century Italy was so chaotic that it needed strong dictators to lead it into a more settled state favorable to self-governance.
E) the Roman Republican model that informed his political theory had been ruled by a series of dictators.