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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reasons does Machiavelli put forward to get Prince Lorenzo to read his book?
(a) Experience and his personal need.
(b) Experience and the absence of flattery.
(c) Experience and his low-born status.
(d) Experience and his ability as a writer.

2. What are the two types of government identified by Machiavelli?
(a) City State and Territory.
(b) State and Dominion.
(c) State and Republic.
(d) Kingdom and City State.

3. 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.

4. What themes does Machiavelli introduce in Chapter One?
(a) Colonization and residency.
(b) The importance of a republic.
(c) Arms and strategy.
(d) Good fortune and merit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Renaissance Italian's view of political misfortune?

2. What is it that Machiavelli prizes most of his possessions?

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

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

5. Why does Machiavelli say that new territories are harder to govern than hereditary ones?

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