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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Alexander VI, how did the Pope continue to strengthen the Church's position?
(a) By selling ecclesiastical offices and annexing land.
(b) By gaining more popularity among the Italians.
(c) By military invasions of other dominions.
(d) By putting monasteries in new dominions.

2. 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 held them for a thousand years.
(c) They lost the new territories.
(d) They changed their own forms of government.

3. What is the advantage of the sole prince as ruler?
(a) There is only one person of higher rank than the prince.
(b) No one is confused about who the ruler is.
(c) The people vest in him more complete authority.
(d) In case of revolt, there is only one person to assassinate.

4. In acquiring a new dominion, if the prince does not use the force of his own arms, what alternative does Machiavelli suggest?
(a) Appeals to the Pope of Rome.
(b) Free elections.
(c) Political intrigue.
(d) The arms of others.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Rome tried to use the same methods the Spartans had used with Greece?

2. What is it that a prince cannot control among his subjects?

3. Why does Machiavelli say a hereditary prince is usually more loved by his subjects?

4. What is the custom of Machiavelli's day in approaching a prince?

5. What form of government comes from a long line of ancestors?

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