Ad this paragraph from chapter 5 of The Prince. Which option best states the main idea of the
passage?
t when cities or countries are accustomed to live
der a prince, and his family is exterminated, they,
ing on the one hand accustomed to obey and on the
her hand not having the old prince, cannot agree in
aking one from amongst themselves, and they do not
bw how to govern themselves. For this reason they
very slow to take up arms, and a prince can gain
em to himself and secure them much more easily.
t in republics there is more vitality, greater hatred,
d more desire for vengeance, which will never permit
Em to allow the memory of their former liberty to rest;
that the safest way is to destroy them or to reside
Former republics are more difficult to rule than
hereditary states, and they will rebel if they are not
tightly controlled
The strategies for controlling hereditary states and
former republics are the same.
Hereditary states come with a history that must be
deeply understood if a new prince is to control them
easily.
Hereditary states never forget their former loyalties,
so they are hard to control.