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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Machiavelli predict will come to Republics that do not provide for dictatorships or powerful authorities in times of urgent perils?
2. What did Machiavelli suggest is the advantage of settling in areas that were "sterile" (barren)?
3. What is another method that Machiavelli reports leaders use to offend their citizens?
4. What does Machiavelli believe inspired the expansion of the Roman Empire?
5. How does Machiavelli recommend a Republic deal with enemies that spring up within an empire?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the two reasons that Machiavelli gives for his opinion that the courts (Faculty of Accusing) are the most necessary and useful authority to guard liberty in a City?
2. Why did Machiavelli praise the Plebes for refusing to choose their peers for Tribunes for which the Nobility allowed Plebes candidacy?
3. What does Machiavelli consider to be the worst example that can be committed in a Republic?
4. What are the reasons that Machiavelli gives for people who leave their home country for another out of necessity?
5. Why does Machiavelli recommend to leaders of a Republic to keep a shadow of the institutions that are being reformed?
6. Why does Machiavelli report that the Roman Senate decided to pay a public stipend to the soldiers in the army?
7. What kind of Prince does Machiavelli consider to be weak?
8. In the title of Book 1, Section 8, what does Machiavelli mean with the phrase, "...so much so calumnies are pernicious...?"
9. From what did Niccolo Machiavelli make the present that he sent to Zanobi Buondelmonti and Cosimo Rucellai?
10. Why did Machiavelli consider the naming of a Caesar (dictator) over Rome was beneficial to the Empire?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Machiavelli details the difference between Excellent and Weak princes in Book One, Section 19. What is your position on Machiavelli's differentiation? Provide the language from the section that helps define you view and use support from history or current events that supports your position.
Essay Topic 2
Machiavelli began his observations of war in Book 2. Find Machiavelli's views of three different ways wars benefit a Republic. Respond to his positions with your own views. Support your views with the type of historical documentation Machiavelli used to support his positions. Do not limit yourself to the history of Rome.
Essay Topic 3
In Book 1, Section 50, Machiavelli details the activities of a city being halted by magistrates. Who were the magistrates? What activity was being stopped? How was the situation changed? How does Machiavelli's characterization further define his views on the purpose of government with regard to the purpose of its citizens?
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