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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Growth of Rome's Empire, The Army, Its Discipline and Component Parts, The Administration of Conquered Territory and Other Problems Which Admit of No Middle Course, Mistakes Often Made in Connection With War, Rome's Dealings With Neighboring.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Machiavelli believe to the nature of men that causes them to either fight from ambition or from necessity?
(a) Men that choose to fight always fight for personal benefit.
(b) They are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything.
(c) Men that choose to fight always fight for the glory of the City.
(d) They fight so they can have the power to deliver liberty to themselves and the City.
2. What, according to Machiavelli in Book , 1 Section 38, is the fate of irresolute Republics?
(a) They have no alternative but to join alliances with powerful Republics that will take control of them.
(b) They face invasion, destruction and anhilation.
(c) They cannot settle conflicts except with force because their weakness prevents them from resolving doubts over issues.
(d) They will eventually fade away and reemerge as a tyranny.
3. What does Machiavelli announce as the purpose of Book Two of "The Discourses" in the preface?
(a) What Roman people did to aggrandize the Empire.
(b) How to secure power by expanding it.
(c) How to secure freedom for an Empire by keeping the military active.
(d) How to use truth to persuade Citizens to support the power of the Prince.
4. When Machiavelli writes, "For sometimes of necessity our judgment is the truth, as human affairs are always in motion, either ascending or descending," what is he writing about what he believes about truth?
(a) Truth is not as important as the people you make relationships with.
(b) Machiavelli considers truth to be relative.
(c) Truth is irrelevant to the reason for making judgments.
(d) You can't make sound judgments without having a firm grasp on the truth.
5. What does Machiavelli identify as the easiest way to "...ruin a Republic where the People have authority...."
(a) Cause them to distribute wealth.
(b) Involve them in a brave enterprise.
(c) For the Nobles to promote corrupted Citizens in elections.
(d) For Nobles to cultivate rivalries between partisans among the People.
Short Answer Questions
1. What can be inferred of Machiavelli's view of freedom based upon reading view of weak and strong Princes?
2. What does Machiavelli claim new sects (religions) do as they rise to prominence?
3. What historical records did Machiavelli use to support his point for keeping two important items out of peril?
4. What does Machiavelli identify as the cause of using dishonorable words against an enemy?
5. Why does Machiavelli claim that the rule of the Caesars was preferable to the regime of the Decemvirs?
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