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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Machiavelli's example of rule by a sole prince?
(a) The Kingdom of Spain.
(b) The Turk empire.
(c) The Holy Roman Empire.
(d) The Kingdom of France.

3. What is it that Machiavelli refrains from doing in his book?
(a) Making everything brief in his writing so that main points are missed.
(b) Giving only the facts of great leaders and how they governed.
(c) Using high sounding literary devices to make the work seem more important.
(d) Using language of respect that is usually spoken before a prince.

4. What does Machiavelli suggest makes for peace in a dominion?
(a) A brilliant and vocal Prince.
(b) Each day being the same as the day before.
(c) A Prince who knows how to hide his bad habits.
(d) A Prince who knows how to keep the people in line by force.

5. What was the motivation for Machiavelli to write THE PRINCE?
(a) He wanted to become a famous author.
(b) He wanted to become a prince.
(c) He wanted Prince Lorenzo de Medici to employ him.
(d) He wanted to start a revolution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One Princedom, according to Machiavelli, is ruled by a sole prince; the other is by a prince and his barons. What does Machiavelli see as a weakness of the latter?

3. What role does morality play in keeping a dominion safe according to Machiavelli?

4. What is Machiavelli removing from the political thinking during a time when the Roman Catholic Church was still appointing Emperors?

5. What themes does Machiavelli introduce in Chapter One?

(see the answer key)

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