Read this passage 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.

What organizational structure does Machiavelli use to develop the central idea in this passage?

argumentative

cause and effect

compare and contrast

problem and solution

Read this passage 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.

Question: What organizational structure does Machiavelli use to develop the central idea in this passage?

Options:

Argumentative Cause and effect Compare and contrast Problem and solution

Answer: The correct answer is: Compare and contrast.

Explanation: Machiavelli uses compare and contrast as the organizational structure in the text because of the way he compares and contrasts the Spartans with the Romans. He highlights the differences and similarities between these two. He mentions that the Spartans held Athens and Thebes, but they lost them, unlike the Romans who in order to hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia, dismantled them, and didn't lose them. He also mentions that even though they didn't lose them, they dismantled many cities in the country after failing at holding Greece as the Spartans did.

The correct answer is: Compare and contrast