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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Machiavelli not use Agathocles as an example of meritorious rise to power?
(a) Because he was not successful in gaining control of Sicily.
(b) Because he came from humble beginnings.
(c) Beause he did not plan what to do after he became prince.
(d) Because his cruelty continued after he came to power.

2. What type of principality does Machiavelli claim may be kept without talent or fortune?
(a) Absolute monarchy.
(b) Monastic.
(c) Hereditary.
(d) Ecclesiastical.

3. Why is setting up a system of government using conquered citizens effective?
(a) They see they cannot survive without the protection and support of the conquering prince.
(b) They see that everything will be exactly like their old government.
(c) They do not have to pay tribute to the new prince.
(d) They do not have to make friends of the new prince.

4. What does Machiavelli suggest may make a hereditary ruler unpopular with his people?
(a) Outrageous vices.
(b) Staying away from the princedom for long periods of time.
(c) Never changing the way they are accustomed to being ruled.
(d) Using his army to gain more territory.

5. What is the irony of the death of Oliverotto of Fermo who came to power by assembling all the leaders for a dinner and then killing them all?
(a) A son of one of the murdered men put poison in his wine.
(b) Cesare Borgia did the same thing to him.
(c) He was accidentally killed by a poorly aimed arrow.
(d) He died of natural causes before he could become Prince of Fermo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Romans maintain control in Capua, Carthage, and Numantia?

2. Does Machiavelli suggest that rising to power through cruelty is always wrong?

3. Before Pope Alexander VI, what prevented the Church from gaining even more power?

4. After Alexander VI, how did the Pope continue to strengthen the Church's position?

5. What does Machiavelli say will be an advantage to a prince who lost his dominion by force of arms?

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