History Buffs Should Pass This Renaissance Quiz

Who wrote The Prince, a strategic treatise on leadership?

Retry Correct Incorrect Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat and political philosopher during the Renaissance. His seminal work, The Prince, explored the pragmatic and often ruthless nature of political leadership, laying the foundation for modern political science and the term “Machiavellian.”

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Who wrote The Prince, a strategic treatise on leadership?

• Niccolò Machiavelli
• Boccaccio
• Dante Alighieri
• Francesco Petrarch