Abc Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
What does the underlined idiom tell the reader about
Yoyo?
Yoyo didn't need much encouragement. She put her
nose to the fire, as her mother would have said, and
read from start to finish without looking up. When she
concluded, she was a little embarrassed at the pride
she took in her own words. She pretended to quibble
with a phrase or two, then looked questioningly to her
mother. Laura's face was radiant Yoyo turned to share
her pride with her father
O She was cold as she wrote her speech, so she sat
by the fire
O She worked hard to finish her speech for the
assembly
O She was proud of the speech once she finished it.
O She finished the speech in a very short amount of
time

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.