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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advantage does Machiavelli point out for Princes who rule hereditary dominions?
(a) People are accustomed to rule by that family.
(b) It is impossible for him to lose his dominion.
(c) He can get away with having more vices.
(d) The Prince who inherited his donimion can disband his army.

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

4. To whom does Machiavelli compare himself in writing this book?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A choreographer.
(c) A professor.
(d) A cartographer.

5. What factor does Machiavelli suggest makes it easier to rule a new territory?
(a) If the new Prince leaves the old rulers in place.
(b) If the people speak the same language.
(c) If the people have never been ruled before.
(d) If the people like the new food introduced into the dominion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the event that the prince cannot afford a large army, what should he do?

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

3. How can a prince deal with the people when they see their lands burning outside the city walls?

4. Before Pope Alexander VI, what prevented the Church from gaining even more power?

5. What combination of circumstances does Machiavelli identify in men like Cyrus, Romulus, and Theseus?

(see the answer key)

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