Read the excerpt from the riddle of the rosetta stone. the greek leader, alexander the great, had taken control of egypt in 332 b. c., and after alexander’s death in 323 b. c. his general, ptolemy, replaced him. from then until 30 b. c., when rome conquered egypt, a long line of pharaohs from the ptolemy family ruled the country. the ptolemys kept their greek culture, including their language, but they also respected the customs and religious beliefs of the native egyptians. the details in this excerpt serve as evidence for which fact? a. some of the egyptian writings on the rosetta stone included hieroglyphs. b. the inscription on the rosetta stone was the same in all three languages. c. one of the three inscriptions on the rosetta stone was written in greek. d. french soldiers discovered the rosetta stone while tearing down an old fort.

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. what reasoning does machiavelli use in this passage? machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by first introducing the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with evidence. machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by starting with statistical evidence and then concluding that rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by first presenting an observed pattern of details and then concluding that new rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by starting with the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with short narratives.