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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Machiavelli removing from the political thinking during a time when the Roman Catholic Church was still appointing Emperors?
(a) He is removing constitutional authority.
(b) He is removing objections to the combination of church and state.
(c) He is removing God from politics and the power equation.
(d) He is removing political involvement of the church.

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

3. Why does Machiavelli not discuss democracies?
(a) He called democracy by another name.
(b) He considered them inferior.
(c) None existed at that time.
(d) He rejected the idea outright as a madness of the Greeks.

4. How did the Romans maintain control in Capua, Carthage, and Numantia?
(a) They allowed them to select government officials from their own citizens.
(b) They made them all Roman citizens with new priviliges.
(c) They destroyed them and set up their own system of government.
(d) They moved the Roman capital to Carthage.

5. What example does Machiavelli give of a prince who regained power after the opposition of the Venetians and Pope Julius?
(a) The Duke of Earle.
(b) The Duke of Milan.
(c) The Duke of Ferrara.
(d) The Duke of Genoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Machiavelli cite as a wholly new princedom?

2. Machiavelli says some new princes may gain their new states either in exchange for money or as a favor. What other means does he point out for gaining a state?

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

4. What can deprive a prince of his princedom?

5. What does Machiavelli suggest may make a hereditary ruler unpopular with his people?

(see the answer key)

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