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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Example of Rome's Great Men, Internal Security, Equanimity, Insurrection, Confidence, Electioneering, and the Tendering of Advice, Advice to Generals in the Field.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Machiavelli believe the Roman Republic grew?
(a) Because of the wisdom of its Magistrates.
(b) Because of the virtue of its soldiers.
(c) Because of the money of its Nobles.
(d) Because of the strength of its Captains.

2. What does Machiavelli claim comes to those Republics that are changed through the general public?
(a) New elections will be controlled by the general public.
(b) The public will appoint inept leaders and it will fall.
(c) The Republic will break apart and be at war with its separate pieces.
(d) Only the head of the Republic will be harmed.

3. Why does Machiavelli recommend that those who want to reform a city should retain the appearance of the institutions they want to reform?
(a) Because keeping the appearance of those institutions helps to hide the true agenda of the Prince.
(b) Because keeping the appearance of those institutions helps to keep important advisers within the circle of government.
(c) Because keeping the appearance of those institutions assures a smooth transition of power.
(d) Because the general masses are satisfied with appearances and are moved by things as they appear rather than by the way they operate (perception is reality).

4. In Book 3, Section 1, what does Machiavelli declare to be, "...a most true thing...."
(a) That, "...regardless, all who rise suddenly will fall with the same rapidity."
(b) That, "...all the things of the world have to have an ending to their existence."
(c) That, "...all will face death and taxes."
(d) That, "...the only thing we learn from history is we do not learn from history."

5. What is a Prince as Machiavelli uses the term?
(a) A dispatched bureaucrat that carries out orders over a territory.
(b) A monarch over a sovereign system of government and territory.
(c) A hereditary noble.
(d) An underling to the ruling authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Machiavelli, what is the sign of a truly powerful Republic?

2. Who does Machiavelli credit with protecting Rome from the ambitions of the Tribunes?

3. What phrase could summarize what Livius' details as qualifications for an effective Captain.

4. How did Machiavelli report that the Nobles controlled the process of Plebes having the opportunity to choose Plebes for four Tribunes?

5. What does Machiavelli praise of the ancient Roman battlefield tactics?

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