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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. What are the two important items that Machiavelli considers to be unwise for a Prince to put entirely into peril?
(a) His fortune and his reputation.
(b) His reputation and family.
(c) His city and his chief advisers.
(d) His fortune and forces.

2. What does Machiavelli believe will come of agreements made by force?
(a) They will not last.
(b) They will lead to the overthrow of he who has the power to enforce them.
(c) They aid to enhance the power of the Prince.
(d) The will lead to the capture of those who are under the power.

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

4. 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) Soldiers began expecting regular pay raises.
(c) So many Citizens joined the military that there were not enough to perform necessary jobs throughout the Republic.
(d) It raised taxes on Nobles.

5. What advice does Machiavelli offer in Book 1, Section 52 to those who want to pursue their ambitions?
(a) "...(C)onsider the defects and perils which it [presents], and not to undertake it if it should be more dangerous than useful,...."
(b) "Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make yhou believe that you too can become great."
(c) "He who is blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher must herafter fall with greatest loss."
(d) "Ambition is the last infirmity of Noble minds."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Machiavelli suggest is the advantage of settling in areas that were "sterile" (barren)?

2. What does Machiavelli consider prudence in a Prince or a King?

3. In defending his view that Roman Dictators served their city well, what phrase does Machiavelli use to explain how the Caesars absorbed their power?

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

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

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