1. What form of government comes from a long line of ancestors?
(a) Princedoms formed by warring factions.
(b) A hereditary princedom.
(c) New princedoms.
(d) An elected dynasty.

2. What example does Machiavelli give of a dominion that is a limb of a larger one?
(a) The Prince of Venice as part of the dominions of France.
(b) The King of Naples as part of the dominions of Spain.
(c) The Medici as part of the Borgia dominions.
(d) The Holy Roman Empire.

3. How does Machiavelli say that the successors of Alexander the Great were able to retain power after his untimely death?
(a) Under his system, governance was easily transferred to his appointed ministers.
(b) The people did not care who ruled them.
(c) The people were so happy to be rid of Darius that they accepted anyone else.
(d) They did not let the people know that Alexander had died.

4. What example does Machiavelli give of a prince who regained power after the opposition of the Venetians and Pope Julius?
(a) The Duke of Ferrara.
(b) The Duke of Earle.
(c) The Duke of Genoa.
(d) The Duke of Milan.

5. One Princedom, according to Machiavelli, is ruled by a sole prince; the other is by a prince and his barons. What does Machiavelli see as a weakness of the latter?
(a) If the prince dies the barons all lose their hereditary titles.
(b) The barons hold their titles by heredity and not by the favor of the prince, so there is less loyalty.
(c) The prince becomes lazy and leaves everything up to the barons.
(d) The prince does always knows what the barons are doing in their territories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Machiavelli gives the example of how Cesare Borgia used Minister Remiro d'Orco in his plan to rule Romagna. After d'Orco brought the territory under control, what does Machiavelli say Cesare Borgia did to get the loyalty of the people?

2. What does Machiavelli say was the real cause of Cesare Borgia's ultimate failure?

3. What are the two types of government identified by Machiavelli?

4. What happened when Rome tried to use the same methods the Spartans had used with Greece?

5. What example does Machiavelli cite as a wholly new princedom?

(see the answer key)

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