This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Growth of Rome's Empire, The Army, Its Discipline and Component Parts, The Administration of Conquered Territory and Other Problems Which Admit of No Middle Course, Mistakes Often Made in Connection With War, Rome's Dealings With Neighboring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the reasons that Machiavelli cited for the Roman Senate choosing to pay a public stipend to fighting men (soldiers)?
(a) To keep the citizens in poverty so they would support wars.
(b) To increase the number of soldiers in the army.
(c) To hide the increased taxes that were used to build houses for Nobles.
(d) Because without the stipend, wars could not be made for any length of time, neither could Rome besiege towns nor lead armies to a distance.

2. In defending his view that Roman Dictators served their city well, what phrase does Machiavelli use to explain how the Caesars absorbed their power?
(a) "Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just."
(b) "Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil."
(c) "It is power that easily acquires a name, not a name power."
(d) "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

3. According to Machiavelli, what caused so much hard work for Rome as it expanded its Empire to distant provinces?
(a) The damage to families who sent their working sons to war.
(b) The demands on farmers to provide the food for soldiers on long trips.
(c) The love of people of other lands for liberty.
(d) The cost of sending the military to distant provinces.

4. Why does Machiavelli recommend that those who want to reform a city should retain the appearance of the institutions they want to reform?
(a) Because keeping the appearance of those institutions helps to keep important advisers within the circle of government.
(b) Because keeping the appearance of those institutions assures a smooth transition of power.
(c) Because keeping the appearance of those institutions helps to hide the true agenda of the Prince.
(d) Because the general masses are satisfied with appearances and are moved by things as they appear rather than by the way they operate (perception is reality).

5. What is an obvious counterpoint to Machiavelli's assertion to the benefits of the power of the Caesars to the Roman Empire?
(a) Without the empire is it possible that the hazards the empire faced would not have materialized.
(b) Without the Caesars, provinces of the Empire would have moved to avoid hazards.
(c) If the Nobles of Rome had not sought to possess distant provinces, there would have been no need for Caesars.
(d) The cost of Empire caused hazards to gather domestically as well as throughout the Empire.