1. What was Cesare Borgia's greatest mistake according to Machiavelli?
(a) Helping the Spanish cardinals elect a Spanish Pope.
(b) Failure to get medical attention soon enough.
(c) Allowing the election of Pope Julius II.
(d) Distancing himself from the French court.

2. What does Machiavelli suggest may make a hereditary ruler unpopular with his people?
(a) Using his army to gain more territory.
(b) Outrageous vices.
(c) Staying away from the princedom for long periods of time.
(d) Never changing the way they are accustomed to being ruled.

3. One Princedom, according to Machiavelli, is ruled by a sole prince; the other is by a prince and his barons. What does Machiavelli see as a weakness of the latter?
(a) The prince does always knows what the barons are doing in their territories.
(b) The prince becomes lazy and leaves everything up to the barons.
(c) The barons hold their titles by heredity and not by the favor of the prince, so there is less loyalty.
(d) If the prince dies the barons all lose their hereditary titles.

4. How does Machiavelli define a new princedom or dominion?
(a) One that kills all the citizens of the old regime.
(b) One that is an entirely new settlement.
(c) One that comes from political intrigue.
(d) One that does not come from a long line of ruling ancestors.

5. What does Machiavelli insist about a Prince who lost his dominion by force?
(a) The people would forget all about him.
(b) It would be easy to get it back.
(c) He would have to run for his life and never return.
(d) He would lose all popularity with the people.