Machiavelli's Argument Analysis

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From my assessment results, the outcome stated that I was in agreement with 10/13 questions. I was somewhat hesitant in reading the result, but was pleasantly surprise to see that it was completely different from what I thought the outcome was going to be, based on Machiavelli’s readings. After reading the results, I agreed where it states that no one thing is completely right or completely wrong, for an individual must be open to new thoughts; they should be able to see and take risk into that which is unfamiliar, or not favored, in-order to make possibilities a reality.
Bedell, Huter, Angie & Vert (2006) stated that the Mach scale determines the extent to which respondents agree with Machiavelli's statements, on how a leader should act

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