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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. Why does Machiavelli consider the Roman Caesars to have been a benefit to the Roman Empire?
2. How does Machiavelli predict a citizen will conduct himself if he is not punished for his misdeeds because of his reputation for doing good deeds, according to Machiavelli.
3. Reviewing earlier chapters of "The Discourses", why would Machiavelli consider long wars in foreign lands important?
4. What does Machiavelli consider prudence in a Prince or a King?
5. What is a Prince as Machiavelli uses the term?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Machiavelli recommend to a Prince about reform of a city or a province that he has taken?
2. From what did Niccolo Machiavelli make the present that he sent to Zanobi Buondelmonti and Cosimo Rucellai?
3. What examples from history does Machiavelli claim offers guidance to leaders?
4. What are the three types of state that Machiavelli detailed and by what name are they known today?
5. Why does Machiavelli report that the Roman Senate decided to pay a public stipend to the soldiers in the army?
6. Why does Machiavelli consider a Citizen rising to take authority through irregular means (popular uprising) harmful in a Republic?
7. Why does Machiavelli challenge Cities to punish citizens with respected reputations when they commit wrong acts?
8. Why does Machiavelli recommend to leaders of a Republic to keep a shadow of the institutions that are being reformed?
9. What does Machiavelli mean when he uses the term "virtu" for a Prince?
10. What does Machiavelli mean when he advises that evil in a State be "temporized"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The Discourses" were originally written as a letter to two Italian politicians at the time. Explain how that intended audience of this letter shaped the focus and tone of the text. What does Machiavelli's recommendations throughout the book say of the character of the intended audience? Give examples from the book to support your assumptions.
Essay Topic 2
Machiavelli is critical of ambition in Book 1, Section 46. Do you agree with Machiavelli's criticisms? Why or why not? What is your view of ambition and how does individual freedom affect ambition?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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