Machiavelli's view of human nature is that people will be very attracted to power and will want to achieve it no matter what the means. The term "machiavellian" is often associated with deceit, deviousness, ambition and brutality, which is what rulers most often exhibited around the time the book was written (1513).
The most successful record of all time!
Option A, "The most successful record of all time!" is a clause fragment.
Depending on which trait you say they have you need to spots in the story were that trait is showing. Like if you chose the trait of being really brave you would go find an example of doing something that would scare most people like saving someone in a burning building or rescuing someone from really high up. A good example of some people with brave traits are firefighters, police officers, the navy, air force, the army, etc.
C. tell what the most interesting part of the piece is