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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can a prince deal with the people when they see their lands burning outside the city walls?
(a) He can make them believe it is all just an illusion.
(b) He can tell them about the cruelties of the enemy if they are captured.
(c) He can tell them it is not as bad as it looks from inside the city walls.
(d) He can issue food stamps.

2. What characteristic of a leader can change fortune according to Machiavelli?
(a) The will of the people.
(b) The intervention of God.
(c) A person's innate ability.
(d) Being at the right place and in the right time.

3. Who is Machiavelli's ultimate example of the correct use of cruelty?
(a) Alexander the Great.
(b) Hannibal.
(c) King Louis.
(d) Moses.

4. Which statement is true according to Machiavelli?
(a) Men care more about offending those they love than those they fear.
(b) Men are more likely to break a promise made in fear.
(c) It is better to be feared than loved.
(d) A prince should be quick to believe and quick to act.

5. How does Machiavelli define a new princedom or dominion?
(a) One that kills all the citizens of the old regime.
(b) One that comes from political intrigue.
(c) One that does not come from a long line of ruling ancestors.
(d) One that is an entirely new settlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Machiavelli say Agathocles became Prince of Syracuse?

2. What response does a prince receive if he is seen as fickle, effeminate, cowardly, frivolous, or irresolute?

3. What was Cesare Borgia's greatest mistake according to Machiavelli?

4. Why does Machiavelli say that auxiliary forces are more dangerous than mercenaries?

5. What does Machiavelli say is the only art expected of a prince?

(see the answer key)

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