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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Medici come to power?
(a) Through war.
(b) Through clever political manipulation.
(c) Through inheritance.
(d) Through democratic elections.

2. Ending his discussion of Ecclesiastical Dominions, why is Machiavelli so circumspect about the current Pope?
(a) Pope Leo does not support the Medici.
(b) Pope Leo is the uncle of Lorenzo de Medici.
(c) Pope Leo fears Niccolo Machiavelli.
(d) Pope Leo might give Machiavelli a job.

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

4. What example does Machiavelli give of a dominion that is a limb of a larger one?
(a) The Holy Roman Empire.
(b) The Medici as part of the Borgia dominions.
(c) The Prince of Venice as part of the dominions of France.
(d) The King of Naples as part of the dominions of Spain.

5. Why does Machiavelli not discuss democracies?
(a) He called democracy by another name.
(b) He considered them inferior.
(c) None existed at that time.
(d) He rejected the idea outright as a madness of the Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from granting favors to his subjects during a siege, what does Machiavelli suggest a wise prince might do?

2. How does Machiavelli think New Dominions were formed?

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

4. What is the Renaissance Italian's view of political misfortune?

5. Why does Machiavelli insist that hereditary princedoms are more easily maintained?

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