All of the following describe Napoleon III during and immediately after the Austro-Prussian War except:

a. he demanded that Bismarck give him the Prussian Rhineland
b. he believed he had secured the independence of Bavaria, Württemberg, and Baden
c. Bismarck played him like a fiddle
d. he convinced the South Germans he would protect them against Prussia E
e. He believed he had broken Germany into two halves and to have laid the foundation for a South German Confederation that would be dominated by France