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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Machiavelli say that the successors of Alexander the Great were able to retain power after his untimely death?
(a) The people did not care who ruled them.
(b) The people were so happy to be rid of Darius that they accepted anyone else.
(c) Under his system, governance was easily transferred to his appointed ministers.
(d) They did not let the people know that Alexander had died.
2. What was the motivation for Machiavelli to write THE PRINCE?
(a) He wanted to start a revolution.
(b) He wanted to become a famous author.
(c) He wanted to become a prince.
(d) He wanted Prince Lorenzo de Medici to employ him.
3. What combination of circumstances does Machiavelli identify in men like Cyrus, Romulus, and Theseus?
(a) Time and location.
(b) Strength and fortitude.
(c) Opportunity and merit.
(d) Pride and ability.
4. What form of government comes from a long line of ancestors?
(a) New princedoms.
(b) A hereditary princedom.
(c) An elected dynasty.
(d) Princedoms formed by warring factions.
5. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. The next best way to rule a new territory, according to Machiavelli, is to establish a colony. Why?
2. After gaining dominions by merit, how does Machiavelli say a prince can hold his new territories?
3. Those who were viewed with suspicion at the beginning of a princedom usually become the most loyal subjects. Why?
4. What is a constant threat to any prince?
5. Why does Machiavelli say that auxiliary forces are more dangerous than mercenaries?
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