{"id":2469,"date":"2016-07-04T01:56:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-machiavellian-character-is\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:13","slug":"a-machiavellian-character-is","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-machiavellian-character-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of a Machiavellian Character"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does <strong>a Machiavellian character<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a cunning person<\/li>\n<li>an honest person<\/li>\n<li>a romantic person<\/li>\n<li>a wise person<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3175],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2469","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-character-and-motives","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>a cunning person<\/strong> is correct because <strong>Machiavellian<\/strong> means cunning, scheming, and willing to use dishonest methods to gain power.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>The Machiavellian adviser secretly turned the leaders against one another.<\/em> <em>A Machiavellian character may smile while planning someone&#x27;s defeat.<\/em><\/p><p>The word describes cunning and manipulation, not honesty, romance, or simple wisdom.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"a cunning person"},{"right":"no","answer":"an honest person"},{"right":"no","answer":"a romantic person"},{"right":"no","answer":"a wise person"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3175,"title":"Character and Motives","slug":"character-and-motives"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}