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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Examples of Rome's Great Men, Sundry Remarks on Strategy, Tactics, New Devices and Discipline, Administrative Posts, Administrative Methods: The Rival Claims of Severity and Good Fellowship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two ways that Republics are altered that Machiavelli examines?
(a) With natural disaster and new religions.
(b) With bloodshed and without bloodshed.
(c) With war and money.
(d) With free press and elections.

2. What is another method that Machiavelli reports leaders use to offend their citizens?
(a) Refusing to provide sufficient education for the youth.
(b) Persisting in acts that are considered offensive to citizens.
(c) Refusing to provide wealth to the general masses.
(d) Persisting in harsh punishments for misdemeanors.

3. According to Machiavelli, what caused so much hard work for Rome as it expanded its Empire to distant provinces?
(a) The damage to families who sent their working sons to war.
(b) The cost of sending the military to distant provinces.
(c) The love of people of other lands for liberty.
(d) The demands on farmers to provide the food for soldiers on long trips.

4. How many commanders does Machiavelli advise over an army?
(a) One for battle and one for negotiation.
(b) A tribunal.
(c) One.
(d) One for each division.

5. What does Machiavelli praise of the ancient Roman battlefield tactics?
(a) The ability of the three divisions to outman enemies and scare them from the battlefields.
(b) The fierceness of the soldiers to dictate the terms of every battle.
(c) The ability of the second and third divisions to absorb fallen lines ahead of them and proceed in battle.
(d) The ability of the first division to puncture enemy lines so the second and third divisions can over run the command centers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Machiavelli, what prevented the ambitions of the Nobles from corrupting Rome?

2. Why does Machiavelli advise Captains to use new things at the time that he does?

3. What does Machiavelli believe to the nature of men that causes them to either fight from ambition or from necessity?

4. What did Machiavelli report led gatherings of people to make laws?

5. Why does Machiavelli suggest that a Prince keep his conquered territories disunited from the City over which he has his power?

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