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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 example does Machiavelli use to show how a Republic can handle a malady?
2. Of what is Machiavelli critical regarding the military tactics of his day?
3. What is the proverb that Machiavelli reports the Samnites used on the Tuscans to encourage them to make war on the Roman Empire?
4. What method of dealing with leaders of tumults that divide cities does Machiavelli favor?
5. What does Machiavelli claim to be the conduct of excellent and courageous men whether they experience good fortune or bad?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Machiavelli advise those who seek to change a Republic?
2. What does Machiavelli recommend to Captains as an element of strategy to assure success in capturing a town?
3. What does Machiavelli write of in Book Three, Section 14 when he reviews, "...new inventions and new voices...," and why does he recommend these to be used in the heat of battle?
4. Why does Machiavelli recommend that any organization maintain itself by frequently renewing its founding principals?
5. What does Machiavelli recommend as the three methods of reuniting a City that has been divided?
6. Why does Machiavelli consider towns more difficult to conquer after the Citizens have been in rebellion?
7. What are two points that you can take from Book Three, Section 13 to suggest that Machiavelli believes that it is better for a Prince to have a strong army badly captained rather than a bad army strongly captained?
8. Why does Machiavelli consider saving an army from attack to be an effective method for defending a country?
9. Why doesn't Machiavelli expect promises made under force to be kept?
10. Why does Machiavelli claim that the Senate and Plebes rose up to take control of Rome from Tarquinius Superbus ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Machiavelli used history of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire to develop much of his support for his positions. What are the dates of the existence of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, what differences in the forms of government between the two, and what brought the passage of the Republic to the Empire.
Essay Topic 2
Machiavelli gives seemingly conflicting advice regarding changing governments in Book 1, Sections 25 and 26. Identify the differences between the two situations over which Machiavelli recommends changes and compare one example each that Machiavelli gives in the two chapters to changes in governments to two world events over the last 70 years.
Essay Topic 3
In Book 3, Sections 43 and 46, Machiavelli details how customs are handed down in Cities and through families. Give examples from your personal experiences that support statements from the two chapters. If Machiavelli was alive today, how would he evaluate the qualities of customs that are handed down in modern American Cities and families? Use statements from the book to support your assertions.
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