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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does morality play in keeping a dominion safe according to Machiavelli?
(a) Everything. The Prince must be ruled by God.
(b) Only a little. People barely notice such things.
(c) None whatsoever.
(d) It is only necessary for hereditary Princedoms.

2. Why is Niccolo Machiavelli suddenly out of a job?
(a) He insulted Prince Lorenzo de Medici.
(b) He has taken too much time off.
(c) He has had a long illness.
(d) He has been working for the government overthrown by the Medici.

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

4. To whom does Machiavelli compare himself in writing this book?
(a) A choreographer.
(b) A chemist.
(c) A professor.
(d) A cartographer.

5. How does Machiavelli say that those who help a prince obtain a new princedom may turn against him?
(a) By becoming jealous of his new power.
(b) By not receiving what was promised to them.
(c) By going elsewhere to fight new battles.
(d) By deciding that they do not need the prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. The next best way to rule a new territory, according to Machiavelli, is to establish a colony. Why?

2. What factor does Machiavelli suggest makes it easier to rule a new territory?

3. How does Machiavelli think New Dominions were formed?

4. What was Machiavelli's method for learning political government?

5. What example does Machiavelli give of a dominion that is a limb of a larger one?

(see the answer key)

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