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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Machiavelli think New Dominions were formed?
(a) Through War and Pestilence.
(b) Through Ability or Accident.
(c) Through Fortune or Ability.
(d) Through democratic elections.

2. What does Machiavelli see as the problem with barons?
(a) Barons can do only what the prince orders.
(b) The people do not understand the difference between a prince and a baron.
(c) Barons are known for being cruel and causing trouble.
(d) The people tend to give more aligeance to the barrons than to the prince.

3. What role does morality play in keeping a dominion safe according to Machiavelli?
(a) Everything. The Prince must be ruled by God.
(b) None whatsoever.
(c) Only a little. People barely notice such things.
(d) It is only necessary for hereditary Princedoms.

4. What is Machiavelli removing from the political thinking during a time when the Roman Catholic Church was still appointing Emperors?
(a) He is removing objections to the combination of church and state.
(b) He is removing political involvement of the church.
(c) He is removing constitutional authority.
(d) He is removing God from politics and the power equation.

5. What does Machiavelli insist about a Prince who lost his dominion by force?
(a) He would lose all popularity with the people.
(b) It would be easy to get it back.
(c) The people would forget all about him.
(d) He would have to run for his life and never return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Machiavelli refrains from doing in his book?

2. The next best way to rule a new territory, according to Machiavelli, is to establish a colony. Why?

3. How does Machiavelli say that the successors of Alexander the Great were able to retain power after his untimely death?

4. What can deprive a prince of his princedom?

5. What were the results of Sparta setting up oligarchies in Athens and Thebes after they conquered them?

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