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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Machiavelli say is the first requirement of a commander?
(a) Frequently reviewing his troops.
(b) Making sure he has the money to pay his mercenaries.
(c) Knowing how to locate the enemy, deploy his soldiers, and lay siege to a city.
(d) Making constant changes in his miliary command.

2. What historical example does Machiavelli give to show how a military should be organized?
(a) Sparticus and the Roman slaves.
(b) The last days of the Roman Empire.
(c) Darius, King of Persia.
(d) Phillip, father of Alexander the Great.

3. After Alexander VI, how did the Pope continue to strengthen the Church's position?
(a) By selling ecclesiastical offices and annexing land.
(b) By gaining more popularity among the Italians.
(c) By military invasions of other dominions.
(d) By putting monasteries in new dominions.

4. What does Machiavelli suggest makes for peace in a dominion?
(a) A brilliant and vocal Prince.
(b) Each day being the same as the day before.
(c) A Prince who knows how to hide his bad habits.
(d) A Prince who knows how to keep the people in line by force.

5. What example does Machiavelli cite as a wholly new princedom?
(a) The new Kingdom of Naples.
(b) Milan under Francesco Sforza.
(c) The Kingdom of Spain.
(d) Venice under the Doge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Machiavelli suggest is the weakness of a mercenary military?

3. What themes does Machiavelli introduce in Chapter One?

4. Why does Machiavelli say that new territories are harder to govern than hereditary ones?

5. What characteristic of a leader can change fortune according to Machiavelli?

(see the answer key)

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