The Appropriate Author-Title Combo of the Treatise on the Acquisition

question 51

Multiple Choice

The appropriate author-title combo of the treatise on the acquisition, maintenance, and expansion of political power​ was

• A)​Erasmus, In Praise of Folly
• B)​Erasmus, Education of a Christian Prince
• C)​Luther, 95 Theses
• D)​Machiavelli, ​The Prince
• E)​Rousseau, ​Discourse on the Origins of Inequality

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