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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the three ways a Republic can expand that Machiavelli recognized?
2. What, according to Machiavelli in Book , 1 Section 38, is the fate of irresolute Republics?
3. What should the reader consider as evil when Machiavelli is advising Princes to "recognize evils".
4. What are the two means that Machiavelli identifies as how laws are developed in cities at the beginning of Section 2, Book One.
5. When Machiavelli writes, "For sometimes of necessity our judgment is the truth, as human affairs are always in motion, either ascending or descending," what is he writing about what he believes about truth?
Short Essay Questions
1. To what is Machiavelli referring when he writes of men jumping, "...from one ambition to another?"
2. From what did Niccolo Machiavelli make the present that he sent to Zanobi Buondelmonti and Cosimo Rucellai?
3. Why does Machiavelli report that the Roman Senate decided to pay a public stipend to the soldiers in the army?
4. Why does Machiavelli challenge Cities to punish citizens with respected reputations when they commit wrong acts?
5. What examples from history does Machiavelli claim offers guidance to leaders?
6. What kind of Prince does Machiavelli consider to be Excellent?
7. What are the three types of state that Machiavelli detailed and by what name are they known today?
8. What does Machiavelli mean when he uses the term "virtu" for a Prince?
9. What kind of Prince does Machiavelli consider to be weak?
10. Why did Machiavelli praise the Plebes for refusing to choose their peers for Tribunes for which the Nobility allowed Plebes candidacy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Book 1, Section 50, Machiavelli details the activities of a city being halted by magistrates. Who were the magistrates? What activity was being stopped? How was the situation changed? How does Machiavelli's characterization further define his views on the purpose of government with regard to the purpose of its citizens?
Essay Topic 2
In Book 1, Sections 21-23 Machiavelli begins a repeated focus on the role of the military in maintaining a Free Republic by focusing on making sound decisions on the cost of a military to a Republic. Identify quotes from Machiavelli that detail Machiavelli's advice on the use of resources on the military, whether or not his advice is being followed today, and what you consider to be the consequences of the current decisions regarding the modern costs of the military.
Essay Topic 3
In Machiavelli's characterization of evil against the state and the benefits of the powers of the Roman Caesars, he provides a perspective that defines his view of government and freedom. What is that view? Does it match what you have been taught regarding both and does Machiavelli and what you have learned up to this point match your personal views on government and freedom? Define the similarities and the differences and use documented support from both the book and your educational experiences to support your position.
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