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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A prince who has acquired a new dominion added to his own should disarm the conquered people. Why?
(a) He only needs the arms to add to his arsenal.
(b) It shows the new subjects that they are safe.
(c) The new subjects will feel that the miliary will protect them.
(d) The arms should be in the control of his own military.
2. Why does Machiavelli not discuss democracies?
(a) He considered them inferior.
(b) He rejected the idea outright as a madness of the Greeks.
(c) None existed at that time.
(d) He called democracy by another name.
3. What is a constant threat to any prince?
(a) Assassination.
(b) Unpopularity.
(c) Invasion.
(d) Loss of income.
4. What is the irony of the death of Oliverotto of Fermo who came to power by assembling all the leaders for a dinner and then killing them all?
(a) A son of one of the murdered men put poison in his wine.
(b) He was accidentally killed by a poorly aimed arrow.
(c) He died of natural causes before he could become Prince of Fermo.
(d) Cesare Borgia did the same thing to him.
5. What does Machiavelli see as an insurmountable chasm?
(a) The understanding of the people versus the understanding of the prince.
(b) Idealism and Christian philosophy of living.
(c) The reality of the way we live versus the ideas of how we ought to live.
(d) The difference between the very rich and the very poor.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Machiavelli say that auxiliary forces are more dangerous than mercenaries?
2. What does Machiavelli suggest is the best solution for governing a new territory?
3. Why does Machiavelli say that the sultans of Turkey and Egypt had to listen more to the military than to the people?
4. How does Machiavelli define avarice?
5. What Biblical example does Machiavelli use to show that someone else's arms are useless?
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