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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example does Machiavelli give of a conquered territory rebelling against 100 years of servitude?
(a) Egypt going to war with Sparta.
(b) Pisa arising against the Florentines.
(c) Persia throwing off the rule of Alexander the Great.
(d) Carthage getting its independence from Rome.

2. What advantage does Machiavelli point out for Princes who rule hereditary dominions?
(a) It is impossible for him to lose his dominion.
(b) The Prince who inherited his donimion can disband his army.
(c) He can get away with having more vices.
(d) People are accustomed to rule by that family.

3. How does Machiavelli say a private citizen might make himself a prince?
(a) By hiring his own mercenaries.
(b) By becoming a puppet of an enemy military.
(c) By becoming proficient in war and rising in rank.
(d) By avoiding war and promoting peace.

4. Does Machiavelli suggest that rising to power through cruelty is always wrong?
(a) He states that political assassination is not cruelty.
(b) He suggests that there is a proper use of cruelty.
(c) He believes that cruelty must continue to be successful.
(d) He says any use of cruelty cannot be justified.

5. How does Machiavelli say Agathocles became Prince of Syracuse?
(a) Getting the poor people to support him against the aristocracy.
(b) Beheading anyone who opposed him.
(c) Assembling the Senate to confer and then having them all killed.
(d) Defeating the Carthiginians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Machiavelli single out as a prince who was always prepared for war?

2. What type of principality does Machiavelli claim may be kept without talent or fortune?

3. What does Machiavelli say will be an advantage to a prince who lost his dominion by force of arms?

4. Ending his discussion of Ecclesiastical Dominions, why is Machiavelli so circumspect about the current Pope?

5. Aside from humble beginnings, what does Machiavelli say that Agathocles and Oliverotto have in common?

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