Niccolò Machiavelli quiz
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Which form of government do Machiavelli's Discourses favor?
Answer: Republics
Why: The book holds up the Roman Republic as its model, praising how consuls, senate and people kept each other in check.
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What must even a feared ruler avoid, per Machiavelli?
Answer: Being hated
Why: In chapter 20 he adds that the best fortress a ruler can have is not being hated by the people.
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Which new pope's amnesty freed Machiavelli from prison in 1513?
Answer: Leo X
Why: Leo X was born Giovanni de' Medici, a son of Lorenzo the Magnificent.
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To whom did Machiavelli dedicate The Prince?
Answer: Lorenzo de' Medici
Why: This Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino from 1516, was a grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent.
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Where in Florence is Machiavelli buried?
Answer: Santa Croce
Why: The same basilica holds the tombs of Michelangelo and Galileo, earning it the name Temple of the Italian Glories.
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Whose verses close The Prince?
Answer: Petrarch
Why: Machiavelli took them from Italia mia, a poem Petrarch wrote against the hired armies ravaging Italy.
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