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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Romans maintain control in Capua, Carthage, and Numantia?
(a) They destroyed them and set up their own system of government.
(b) They allowed them to select government officials from their own citizens.
(c) They moved the Roman capital to Carthage.
(d) They made them all Roman citizens with new priviliges.

2. What can deprive a prince of his princedom?
(a) Revolution among the lowest class of subjects.
(b) Public elections.
(c) Disagreements within a family of hereditary rulers.
(d) Extrodinary and irresistable force.

3. What is Machiavelli's example of rule by a sole prince?
(a) The Kingdom of France.
(b) The Kingdom of Spain.
(c) The Holy Roman Empire.
(d) The Turk empire.

4. What powerful force does Machiavelli say can efface innovations in government?
(a) Disdain for the past.
(b) More and more innovation.
(c) Expectations.
(d) Memories.

5. A prince who has acquired a new dominion added to his own should disarm the conquered people. Why?
(a) He only needs the arms to add to his arsenal.
(b) The new subjects will feel that the miliary will protect them.
(c) It shows the new subjects that they are safe.
(d) The arms should be in the control of his own military.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Machiavelli define avarice?

3. If a city is well fortified against attack, what will cause the enemy to retreat?

4. After gaining dominions by merit, how does Machiavelli say a prince can hold his new territories?

5. When does Machiavelli say a prince should be thinking most about military strategy?

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