did anyone take the 9.05 Semester Test: British and World Literature - Part 1 on k-12 and know the answers?!

a question like this requires the excerpt to be included in order to answer the question.

the answers are;

d. it reveals hamlet’s hesitation to act.

a.it reveals hamletâs anger with himself.

the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.