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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Example of Rome's Great Men, Salus Populi, Suprema Lex, Further Reflections Based on the Samnite Wars, The Preservation of Freedom in a Republic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Phillip of Macedonia avoid battles with Fabius Maximus?
(a) By making an alliance with the Samnites.
(b) By staying in a fort.
(c) By moving his soldiers into provinces that Fabius had just left.
(d) By disassmbling and going home.

2. What does Machiavelli announce as the purpose of Book Two of "The Discourses" in the preface?
(a) What Roman people did to aggrandize the Empire.
(b) How to secure freedom for an Empire by keeping the military active.
(c) How to use truth to persuade Citizens to support the power of the Prince.
(d) How to secure power by expanding it.

3. What does Machiavelli claim causes unity in a Republic?
(a) Fear and war.
(b) Wealth and industry.
(c) Idleness and peace.
(d) Fortune and leisure.

4. According to Machiavelli, why did Livius believe the Roman Republic grew?
(a) Because of the strength of its soldiers.
(b) Because of the wisdom of its Magistrates.
(c) Because of the virtue of its Captains.
(d) Because of the money of its Nobles.

5. What does Machiavelli identify as the cause of using dishonorable words against an enemy?
(a) Poor discipline in the army.
(b) False hopes brought by victory.
(c) Corruption that leads to an enemy's defeat.
(d) Poor military tactics of the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machiavelli claim new sects (religions) do as they rise to prominence?

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

3. What kinds of men are frowned upon in corrupt Republics?

4. Why does Machiavelli claim that the rule of the Caesars was preferable to the regime of the Decemvirs?

5. What does Machiavelli identify as the difference between a Republic and the State (government) in how they can handle maladies?

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