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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic of a leader can change fortune according to Machiavelli?
(a) The will of the people.
(b) Being at the right place and in the right time.
(c) A person's innate ability.
(d) The intervention of God.

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

3. What is the custom of Machiavelli's day in approaching a prince?
(a) Catching the prince outside his palace.
(b) Bringing a gift.
(c) Writing a petition of audience.
(d) Coming in on hands and knees.

4. What reasons does Machiavelli put forward to get Prince Lorenzo to read his book?
(a) Experience and his ability as a writer.
(b) Experience and his low-born status.
(c) Experience and the absence of flattery.
(d) Experience and his personal need.

5. What does Machiavelli say was the real cause of Cesare Borgia's ultimate failure?
(a) His lack of knowledge of what to do after his father's death.
(b) His ill health after the death of his father.
(c) His bad choices of political allies.
(d) His opposition from the new Pope after the death of Alexander IV.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cesare Borgia's greatest mistake according to Machiavelli?

2. How does Machiavelli say that the successors of Alexander the Great were able to retain power after his untimely death?

3. What was Machiavelli's method for learning political government?

4. Why does Machiavelli say that Prince Lorenzo should not be surprised at what he is saying about new princedoms?

5. What powerful force does Machiavelli say can efface innovations in government?

(see the answer key)

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