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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is setting up a system of government using conquered citizens effective?
(a) They do not have to make friends of the new prince.
(b) They do not have to pay tribute to the new prince.
(c) They see they cannot survive without the protection and support of the conquering prince.
(d) They see that everything will be exactly like their old government.

2. Before Pope Alexander VI, what prevented the Church from gaining even more power?
(a) The threat of invasion by France.
(b) Wars fought between the Colonna, the Orsini and the Pope.
(c) The commercial power of the Venetians.
(d) The separation of Church and State.

3. What were the results of Sparta setting up oligarchies in Athens and Thebes after they conquered them?
(a) They lost the new territories.
(b) They changed their own forms of government.
(c) They learned how to retain a possession.
(d) They held them for a thousand years.

4. Prior to Charles VIII of France coming to Italy, what was the main focus of the Pope, the Venetians, the King of Naples, the Duke of Milan, and the Florentines?
(a) To war among themselves.
(b) To keep foreigners out of Italy.
(c) To form an Italian Republic.
(d) To restore the Roman Empire.

5. Ending his discussion of Ecclesiastical Dominions, why is Machiavelli so circumspect about the current Pope?
(a) Pope Leo is the uncle of Lorenzo de Medici.
(b) Pope Leo might give Machiavelli a job.
(c) Pope Leo does not support the Medici.
(d) Pope Leo fears Niccolo Machiavelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Machiavelli say a hereditary prince is usually more loved by his subjects?

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

3. How does Machiavelli say that the great military leaders of history were so successful?

4. After Alexander VI, how did the Pope continue to strengthen the Church's position?

5. What example does Machiavelli give of a conquered territory rebelling against 100 years of servitude?

(see the answer key)

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