Read the worksheet with excepts from Machiavelli's The Prince and answer the following questions below. Be sure to pay attention to the excerpt that the question refers to. Answers should be written on a separate sheet of paper in blue or black ink or typed and printed.
Excerpt from Chapter XV
1. Choose two of the following quotes and explain them
a. "There is such a great difference between how human beings actually live and how they ought to live."
b. "A ruler who ignores what is being done by human beings in order to think about what ought to be done will bring about his own destruction."
c. If he thinks about the matter carefully, he will see that if he tries to acquire certain qualities which seem good he might lose his power. On the other hand, some other qualities which seem bad will help him to increase his power."
Excerpt from Chapter XVII:
1. Explain why the following statement is true or false:
"...most people want to be both feared and loved."
2. How did the Catholic Chuch prove the following statements to be true:
a. " ...it is safer to be feared."
b. "...they will not betray you if they fear you and think that you can punish them. Although a ruler must make himself feared, he should not also make himself hated. It is, in fact, possible for a ruler to be feared but not hated."
