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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Prior to Charles VIII of France coming to Italy, what was the main focus of the Pope, the Venetians, the King of Naples, the Duke of Milan, and the Florentines?
(a) To restore the Roman Empire.
(b) To form an Italian Republic.
(c) To keep foreigners out of Italy.
(d) To war among themselves.
2. Ending his discussion of Ecclesiastical Dominions, why is Machiavelli so circumspect about the current Pope?
(a) Pope Leo fears Niccolo Machiavelli.
(b) Pope Leo does not support the Medici.
(c) Pope Leo might give Machiavelli a job.
(d) Pope Leo is the uncle of Lorenzo de Medici.
3. How does Machiavelli say Agathocles became Prince of Syracuse?
(a) Beheading anyone who opposed him.
(b) Assembling the Senate to confer and then having them all killed.
(c) Getting the poor people to support him against the aristocracy.
(d) Defeating the Carthiginians.
4. What does Machiavelli insist about a Prince who lost his dominion by force?
(a) It would be easy to get it back.
(b) He would have to run for his life and never return.
(c) The people would forget all about him.
(d) He would lose all popularity with the people.
5. Before Pope Alexander VI, what prevented the Church from gaining even more power?
(a) The threat of invasion by France.
(b) Wars fought between the Colonna, the Orsini and the Pope.
(c) The commercial power of the Venetians.
(d) The separation of Church and State.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of principality does Machiavelli claim may be kept without talent or fortune?
2. What powerful force does Machiavelli say can efface innovations in government?
3. When does Machiavelli say a prince should be thinking most about military strategy?
4. What can deprive a prince of his princedom?
5. What does Machiavelli suggest may make a hereditary ruler unpopular with his people?
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