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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the results of Sparta setting up oligarchies in Athens and Thebes after they conquered them?
(a) They learned how to retain a possession.
(b) They lost the new territories.
(c) They held them for a thousand years.
(d) They changed their own forms of government.

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

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

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

5. How does Machiavelli describe the temper (mindset) of the public?
(a) Easily maintained.
(b) Fickle.
(c) Careless.
(d) Ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Machiavelli say will be an advantage to a prince who lost his dominion by force of arms?

3. How does Machiavelli say that the successors of Alexander the Great were able to retain power after his untimely death?

4. Why does Machiavelli say that Prince Lorenzo should not be surprised at what he is saying about new princedoms?

5. How do the Medici come to power?

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