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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Machiavelli suggest is the best solution for governing a new territory?
(a) The new Prince should go away and let the people have self-rule.
(b) The new Prince should raise taxes.
(c) The new Prince should kill his own military commanders.
(d) The new Prince should live there.

2. What does Machiavelli see as an inevitable result of changes in government?
(a) Growth of the dominion by annexation.
(b) A dovetailing of more and more change.
(c) Pleasure of the subjects who like to see a lot of changes.
(d) Better conditions for the subjects of a dominion.

3. What is the custom of Machiavelli's day in approaching a prince?
(a) Bringing a gift.
(b) Catching the prince outside his palace.
(c) Coming in on hands and knees.
(d) Writing a petition of audience.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Machiavelli refrains from doing in his book?

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

3. What advantage does Machiavelli point out for Princes who rule hereditary dominions?

4. In acquiring a new dominion, if the prince does not use the force of his own arms, what alternative does Machiavelli suggest?

5. What does Machiavelli insist about a Prince who lost his dominion by force?

(see the answer key)

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