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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, The Growth of Rome's Empire, Preface, Methods of Expansion, Colonization and War: Its Causes and Cost, Diplomacy and War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Machiavelli believe inspired the expansion of the Roman Empire?
(a) Aggression and murder.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Keeping Citizens in poverty.
(d) Harsh Captains guiding the military.

2. What does Machiavelli identify as the easiest way to "...ruin a Republic where the People have authority...."
(a) For Nobles to cultivate rivalries between partisans among the People.
(b) For the Nobles to promote corrupted Citizens in elections.
(c) Cause them to distribute wealth.
(d) Involve them in a brave enterprise.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Machiavelli claim new sects (religions) do as they rise to prominence?
(a) Influence Citizens to be obedient to the Prince.
(b) Destroy all the signs, including language, of the old sects they come to dominate.
(c) Cause Citizens to avoid fighting in wars.
(d) Influence the culture to defy the Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two means that Machiavelli identifies as how laws are developed in cities at the beginning of Section 2, Book One.

2. What do fertile areas offer to those who settle there according to Machiavelli?

3. How did Roman soldiers provide for themselves before the Senate decided to pay them?

4. What is the branch of government that Machiavelli recognizes as that which most prevents or causes corruption to come over a city?

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

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