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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Machiavelli insist that hereditary princedoms are more easily maintained?
(a) The prince changes things often at his own whim.
(b) The prince has more power than a republic.
(c) The people are already familiar with that form of government.
(d) All people everywhere actually prefer a prince.

2. Machiavelli gives the example of how Cesare Borgia used Minister Remiro d'Orco in his plan to rule Romagna. After d'Orco brought the territory under control, what does Machiavelli say Cesare Borgia did to get the loyalty of the people?
(a) He executed d'Orco to make the people love and trust him.
(b) He gave d'Orco the power to kill anyone who opposed him.
(c) He retired d'Orco and gave him a lifetime pension.
(d) He told the people that d'Orco was acting on his orders.

3. Who does Machiavelli put forward as an example of a King who made all the mistakes in ruling a new territory?
(a) Charles I of Spain.
(b) Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.
(c) Duke Lodovico.
(d) Louis XII of France.

4. How can a common citizen rise to political power?
(a) Through the help of friends.
(b) As a compromise between two parties.
(c) By popular election.
(d) With a lot of money behind him.

5. What does Machiavelli insist about a Prince who lost his dominion by force?
(a) He would have to run for his life and never return.
(b) The people would forget all about him.
(c) It would be easy to get it back.
(d) He would lose all popularity with the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cesare Borgia's greatest mistake according to Machiavelli?

2. The cities of what country are given as good examples of fortification?

3. 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?

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

5. Ending his discussion of Ecclesiastical Dominions, why is Machiavelli so circumspect about the current Pope?

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