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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Example of Rome's Great Men, Internal Security, Equanimity, Insurrection, Confidence, Electioneering, and the Tendering of Advice, Advice to Generals in the Field.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Machiavelli, what type of people seek what office to cause a city to become corrupt?
(a) The rich and powerful, rather than the virtuous, seek to become judges (magistrates).
(b) Generals seek to become senators.
(c) Weak and dependent people seek to become senators.
(d) The working poor seek to become plebes.

2. According to Machiavelli, what was one negative consequence of the Roman Senate's decision to pay soldiers out of public money?
(a) Rome was required to produce more currency to meet the payments, so the currency was devalued.
(b) It raised taxes on Nobles.
(c) So many Citizens joined the military that there were not enough to perform necessary jobs throughout the Republic.
(d) Soldiers began expecting regular pay raises.

3. What does Machiavelli claim causes men to conspire against their target?
(a) The desire to liberate a country occupied by the Prince.
(b) The desire to manipulate the general masses.
(c) The desire to take control of the Senate
(d) The desire to take power over the military.

4. What does Machiavelli consider an important tool in maintaining the order of a Republic?
(a) Proper administration of rewards and punishments.
(b) The ability to control the perceptions of citizens.
(c) Fear of harsh administrators.
(d) Wars that keep the citizenry focused on supporting the City.

5. What, according to Machiavelli in Book , 1 Section 38, is the fate of irresolute Republics?
(a) They have no alternative but to join alliances with powerful Republics that will take control of them.
(b) They face invasion, destruction and anhilation.
(c) They cannot settle conflicts except with force because their weakness prevents them from resolving doubts over issues.
(d) They will eventually fade away and reemerge as a tyranny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machiavelli consider one of the most important reasons the Roman Empire was successful in expanding its borders?

2. What type of person does Machiavelli advise against promoting to important positions in a Republic?

3. What does Machiavelli claim comes to those Republics that are changed through the general public?

4. How do weak men handle changes in fortune, according to Machiavelli?

5. What did Livius' history of Rome identify as the three divisions of the Roman army?

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