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    How much do you know about Niccolò Machiavelli?

    Florentine diplomat and thinker (1469–1527). Author of The Prince and the Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy, he analyzed power, fortune and political virtue in the context of the Italian wars and the crisis of the Renaissance republics.

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      In which city was Niccolò Machiavelli born in 1469?
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      What work did Machiavelli write in 1513, but was published posthumously in 1532?
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      To which member of the Medici did Machiavelli dedicate The Prince in its best-known version?
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      What concept in Machiavelli describes the ruler's ability to shape political reality with energy, prudence and decision?
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      What notion does Machiavelli personify as an unpredictable force that can ruin political plans and requires preparation?
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      Which work of Machiavelli defends the republic and analyzes the Roman model based on Titus Livy?
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      What political event of 1512 was decisive for the fall of the Florentine republican government and the disgrace of Machiavelli?
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      After 1512, Machiavelli was arrested and subjected to torture in 1513 on suspicion of conspiracy. Which method is commonly mentioned in the sources?
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      What phrase, often summarized in textbooks, expresses a key idea in The Prince about the political calculus of affection and fear?
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      What is Machiavelli's central recommendation regarding the military forces of a State?
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      Which treatise by Machiavelli (1521) addresses military theory and practice in the form of a dialogue?
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      In what general historical context do Machiavelli's concerns about political fragility and foreign intervention fit?
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      What political objective appears at the end of The Prince as a call for concrete historical action?
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      Which statement is most accurate about the modern meaning of the adjective “Machiavellian”?
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      Which comedy by Machiavelli is one of the best-known of Italian Renaissance theater?

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