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 is a Prince as Machiavelli uses the term?
(a) A monarch over a sovereign system of government and territory.
(b) A hereditary noble.
(c) An underling to the ruling authority.
(d) A dispatched bureaucrat that carries out orders over a territory.

2. What does Machiavelli believe to the nature of men that causes them to either fight from ambition or from necessity?
(a) Men that choose to fight always fight for personal benefit.
(b) They are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything.
(c) Men that choose to fight always fight for the glory of the City.
(d) They fight so they can have the power to deliver liberty to themselves and the City.

3. 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) If the Nobles of Rome had not sought to possess distant provinces, there would have been no need for Caesars.
(c) The cost of Empire caused hazards to gather domestically as well as throughout the Empire.
(d) Without the Caesars, provinces of the Empire would have moved to avoid hazards.

4. 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) The Nobles took political control over the Senate and changed the laws to allow Nobles to control all the land of the Empire.
(d) They raised taxes on Plebes who used the land awarded to them by the Agrarian Laws.

5. What does "Crescit interea Roma Albae ruinis" mean?
(a) The Roman interrogations ruined Albanian Fertile Crescent.
(b) Creative Romans will bring ruins to Alba.
(c) Rome grew on the ruins of Alba .
(d) Rome and Alba ruined Crete's industry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Machiavelli predict will come to Republics that do not provide for dictatorships or powerful authorities in times of urgent perils?

3. According to Machiavelli, what caused so much hard work for Rome as it expanded its Empire to distant provinces?

4. What are the three ways a Republic can expand that Machiavelli recognized?

5. What did Machiavelli cite as the method that Rome used to maintain its freedom?

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