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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. Quiz: Introduction (dedication) and Chapters 1-4. Dedication. To whom is the treatise dedicated? Instead of horses, arms, cloth of gold, or precious stones, what does Machiavelli offer to his prince?

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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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  1. The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli Quiz: Introduction (dedication) and Chapters 1-4

  2. Dedication To whom is the treatise dedicated? Instead of horses, arms, cloth of gold, or precious stones, what does Machiavelli offer to his prince? Despite interpretations of the dedications as Machiavelli’s attempt to gain a job from his “Magnificence,” what TONE (about himself) does Machiavelli take in this introduction?

  3. Chapter 1: How many kinds of principalities there are, and by what means they are acquired What two types of states are held by those in power? In what two ways can a prince acquire new states (lands governed over)?

  4. Chapter 2:Concerning hereditary principalities Why is it “reasonable to expect that [his] subjects will be naturally well disposed towards [him]” the hereditary leader as opposed to those who would try to usurp the principality?

  5. Chapter 3:Concerning mixed principalities Why do men “change their rulers willingly”? What are the two things a new prince must do to keep a new principality that is joined to his old principality? What are new colonies? Who is used as the major example of Machiavelli’s theories in this chapter? “He who is the cause of another becoming ________ is ________.”

  6. Chapter 4:Why the kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, did not rebel against the successors of Alexander at his death What are the two ways a prince can govern? What two examples of the governing styles does Machiavelli offer? Explain why Alexander’s successors were able to maintain control over the lands they usurped from Darius.

  7. The Prince 5 1 2 6 3 4 10 7 8 9 Francesco Sforza, Niccolo Machiavelli, Duke of Ferrara, Charles VIII, Darius the Great, Pope Alexander VI, Pope Julius II, Cesare Borgia, Ludovico Sforza , King Louis XII 7 List four of the historical leaders Machiavelli uses as examples to support his theories.

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