The Discourses Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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The Discourses Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Development of Rome's Constitution, The Popular Demand for a Share in Government, The Management of the Populace, The Advantages of Popular Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Machiavelli compare great kingdoms and republics from history?
(a) To the state of political instability in which was common to Machiavelli's day.
(b) To his ideal state that combined the most successful institutions from those civilizations.
(c) To great works of antique art that have been found and preserved.
(d) To his projections of the future in which Machiavelli speculated on how power would be preserved.

2. Why does Machiavelli claim these forms of government developed?
(a) So those with wealth could protect themselves from those who had none.
(b) To provide defense for people who gathered together.
(c) To prevent people with the ability to use force from destroying each other.
(d) So those with influence could hold it without violence.

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

4. How does Machiavelli recommend a Republic deal with enemies that spring up within an empire?
(a) He advises Princes to allow his supporters to conspire to assassinate the enemies.
(b) He advocates smearing them with public proclamations about the threat they pose.
(c) Princes should name appoint them to offices to leave their actions open to public scrutiny.
(d) He recommends that efforts be made to temporize (compromise) them rather than crush them.

5. According to Machiavelli, how did the Nobles of Rome attempt to correct the limit on the wealth that was placed on them by Agrarian Laws?
(a) Rome would send out armies to colonize lands that were then distributed to Nobles.
(b) They reduced taxes on themselves and used their increased wealth to buy back their land.
(c) They raised taxes on Plebes who used the land awarded to them by the Agrarian Laws.
(d) The Nobles took political control over the Senate and changed the laws to allow Nobles to control all the land of the Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two reasons Machiavelli gives for foreign forces building a city?

2. What support did Machiavelli use for his view of what he considers to be the worst example provided by leaders?

3. How did Machiavelli report that the Nobles controlled the process of Plebes having the opportunity to choose Plebes for four Tribunes?

4. What are reasons Machiavelli cited for a group of people leaving their native country to seek a new home?

5. What was an example from Roman history that Machiavelli used to suggest the Plebes possesses greater wisdom than Nobles?

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