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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Machiavelli suggest is the surest way to govern a conquered territory?
(a) Start paying higher salaries to bureaucrats.
(b) Destroy its civil and political systems first.
(c) Declare many holidays.
(d) Keep the old system in place.

2. Why does Machiavelli say that Prince Lorenzo should not be surprised at what he is saying about new princedoms?
(a) He is the only man who knows the facts he is about to reveal.
(b) He will talk only about princes he has known personally.
(c) He is giving the highest examples from history.
(d) He is citing his own experience as a new prince.

3. One Princedom, according to Machiavelli, is ruled by a sole prince; the other is by a prince and his barons. What does Machiavelli see as a weakness of the latter?
(a) The prince does always knows what the barons are doing in their territories.
(b) The barons hold their titles by heredity and not by the favor of the prince, so there is less loyalty.
(c) If the prince dies the barons all lose their hereditary titles.
(d) The prince becomes lazy and leaves everything up to the barons.

4. How does Machiavelli say that the successors of Alexander the Great were able to retain power after his untimely death?
(a) Under his system, governance was easily transferred to his appointed ministers.
(b) They did not let the people know that Alexander had died.
(c) The people did not care who ruled them.
(d) The people were so happy to be rid of Darius that they accepted anyone else.

5. What is the custom of Machiavelli's day in approaching a prince?
(a) Bringing a gift.
(b) Catching the prince outside his palace.
(c) Coming in on hands and knees.
(d) Writing a petition of audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What powerful force does Machiavelli say can efface innovations in government?

2. What is Machiavelli removing from the political thinking during a time when the Roman Catholic Church was still appointing Emperors?

3. What themes does Machiavelli introduce in Chapter One?

4. What example does Machiavelli give of a prince who regained power after the opposition of the Venetians and Pope Julius?

5. Why does Machiavelli insist that hereditary princedoms are more easily maintained?

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