Early 16th Century moralist philosophers, particularly in France and

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Early 16th Century moralist philosophers, particularly in France and England, regarded Machiavelli’s The Prince as a collection of cynical precepts for tyrants, and not until the 17th Century was the view of Machiavelli as a teacher of evil questioned by philosophers.



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A. Early 16th Century moralist philosophers, particularly in France and England, regarded Machiavelli’s The Prince as a collection of cynical precepts for tyrants, and not until the 17th Century was the view of Machiavelli as a teacher of evil questioned by philosophers.: Correct.
1. This choice used correct idioms “regarded as”.
2. PS: An entity written in active voice can very well be parallel to the entity written in passive voice. The entities must be parallel to the extent that they keeping the logical meaning of the sentence intact and by maintaining the grammar structure to do so. Refer to OG 12#36.
3. (This is for fluke) For better understanding, let us rewrite the latter half of the sentence as: …, and the view of Machiavelli as a teacher of evil was not questioned by philosophers until the 17th Century. This sentence is grammatically sound. The syntax has been changed a bit in the original sentence for stylistic reason.

B. Machiavelli’s The Prince was regarded as a collection of cynical precepts for tyrants by early 16th Century moralist philosophers, particularly in France and England, and not until the 17th Century did philosophers question the view of him as a teacher of evil.: Incorrect.
1. Reference of “him” is not correct in this choice. Pronouns can only refer to nouns and other pronouns. In this choice, “him” cannot refer to “Machiavelli’s” because it is neither noun nor a pronoun. Used in possessive form, this word acts like an adjective modifying “The Prince”. It shows that “The Prince” was written by Machiavelli.

C. Early 16th Century moralist philosophers, in France and England particularly, considered Machiavelli’s The Prince as a collection of cynical precepts for tyrants, and not until the 17th Century was the view of Machiavelli as a teacher of evil questioned by philosophers.: Incorrect.
1. Use of “as” after considered” is unidiomatic.

D. Early 16th Century moralist philosophers, particularly in France and England, regarded Machiavelli’s The Prince to be a collection of cynical precepts for tyrants, and not until the 17th Century philosophers was the view of Machiavelli as a teacher of evil questioned.: Incorrect.
1. Use of “to be” is unidiomatic after “regarded”.
2. “philosophers was the view of Machiavelli as a teacher of evil” is absolutely ungrammatical.

E. Machiavelli’s The Prince was regarded as a collection of cynical precepts for tyrants by early 16th Century moralist philosophers, particularly in France and England, and not until the 17th Century was the view of him as a teacher of evil questioned. Incorrect.
1. Same pronoun reference error as in choice B.



1. Entities in a parallel list must be grammatically parallel to the extent that they maintain the logical meaning of the sentence.
2. We must use idiomatic expressions.
3. Pronouns can only refer to nouns and other pronouns.

The concepts tested in this sentence have been covered in e-gmat concepts:
1. Level 1 – Pronouns (This concept features in ‘Level 1 Preview Concepts’ that is available in Free Trail,. Just register and learn)
2. Level 1– Parallelism – Identify & Correct
3. Level 1 – Parallelism – Helpful Tips

Hope this helps.
Shraddha