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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Machiavelli not use Agathocles as an example of meritorious rise to power?
(a) Because his cruelty continued after he came to power.
(b) Because he was not successful in gaining control of Sicily.
(c) Because he came from humble beginnings.
(d) Beause he did not plan what to do after he became prince.

2. In THE PRINCE, why does Machiavelli deal only with dominions and not republics?
(a) There were no republics in his day.
(b) Dominions are much larger than republics.
(c) He wrote about republics in another work.
(d) He thought dominions were much harder to keep.

3. What example does Machiavelli give of a prince who regained power after the opposition of the Venetians and Pope Julius?
(a) The Duke of Milan.
(b) The Duke of Ferrara.
(c) The Duke of Genoa.
(d) The Duke of Earle.

4. What happened when Rome tried to use the same methods the Spartans had used with Greece?
(a) They succeeded by adding Roman universities to the Greek educational system.
(b) They found it easy to get Greeks to adopt Roman ways.
(c) They failed and had to go back and destroy many cities.
(d) They succeeded by expanding on the Spartan idea.

5. What form of government comes from a long line of ancestors?
(a) Princedoms formed by warring factions.
(b) New princedoms.
(c) An elected dynasty.
(d) A hereditary princedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What powerful force does Machiavelli say can efface innovations in government?

2. One Princedom, according to Machiavelli, is ruled by a sole prince; the other is by a prince and his barons. What does Machiavelli see as a weakness of the latter?

3. What example does Machiavelli give of a prince who had the support of his people and was able to withstand invasion?

4. How does Machiavelli say that those who help a prince obtain a new princedom may turn against him?

5. What does Machiavelli see as an inevitable result of changes in government?

(see the answer key)

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