15 points! in the epilogue, momaday states, "but indeed the golden age of the kiowas had been short-lived, ninety or a hundred years, say, from about 1740. the culture would persist for a while in decline, until about 1875, but then it would be gone, and there would be very little material evidence that it had ever been. yet it is within the reach of memory still, though tenuously now, and moreover it is even defined in a remarkable rich and living verbal tradition which demands to be preserved for it's own sake." what does this reveal about what momaday may have hoped to accomplish through composing the way to rainy mountain? question 23 options: to provide his audience with an entertaining piece about the history of the kiowa. to provide material evidence of the traditions of the kiowa through a written account of their history. to create a map of the landscape the kiowa once traveled. to persuade his audience that they kiowa history is the most compelling of all native american tribes.

Read the passage from chapter 17 of the prince. and of all princes, it is impossible for the new prince to avoid the imputation of cruelty, owing to new states being full of dangers. hence virgil, through the mouth of dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing to its being new, saying: "res dura, et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri, et late fines custode tueri."(*) nevertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable. . against my will, my fate a throne unsettled, and an infant state, bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs, and guard with these severities my shores. which statement best evaluates machiavelli’s argument? machiavelli ineffectively argues that new princes should do everything in their power to guard their kingdoms. machiavelli effectively argues that new princes must be cruel and cautious in order to protect their new kingdoms. machiavelli effectively argues that new princes should not be cruel and should proceed carefully in their new kingdoms. machiavelli ineffectively argues that new princes should not show fear, but should be self-confident and intolerable.