This is a complex question that I cannot really explain easily. I can give you some hints though.
It is difficult to say Machiavelli was right or wrong with what he was saying. We have to put his words into the context of Italy, Europe in those times which lead him to say what he did. Had he lived today, chances are he would say something else. Or not.
Furthermore, I wouldn't say we can always expect our political leaders to be virtuous and effective (although this would be great) but it often happens that through cunning and strategy some get to top positions and aren't really suitable for them.
Freedom of thought (also called freedom of conscience or ideas) is the freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, independent of others' viewpoints.
Answer: B. Only the play shows the emotional impact of the invasion on the Franks and their friends.
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The timeline connects the historical events during World War II with the story of the Frank family while they were hiding. While the timeline describes the Allied invasion of Normandy as giving hope to those who lived under Nazi occupation, only Anne´s Diary describes in detail the emotional repercussions of the invasion on her family and friends. Throughout that whole month, Anne describes the hopeful conversation they had about the possibility of the war coming to an end.
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After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the ensuing Civil War produced acute food shortages in southwestern Russia. Wartime devastation was compounded by two successive seasons of drought, and by 1920 it was clear that a full-scale famine was under way in the Volga River Valley, Crimea, Ukraine, and Armenia. Conditions were so desperate that in early 1920 the Soviet government sent out a worldwide appeal for food aid to avert the starvation of millions of people.
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