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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After gaining dominions by merit, how does Machiavelli say a prince can hold his new territories?
(a) It is impossible.
(b) Easily.
(c) Rarely.
(d) With great difficulty.

3. What role does morality play in keeping a dominion safe according to Machiavelli?
(a) Only a little. People barely notice such things.
(b) None whatsoever.
(c) It is only necessary for hereditary Princedoms.
(d) Everything. The Prince must be ruled by God.

4. What does Machiavelli suggest is the surest way to govern a conquered territory?
(a) Start paying higher salaries to bureaucrats.
(b) Keep the old system in place.
(c) Destroy its civil and political systems first.
(d) Declare many holidays.

5. What does Machiavelli say his desire is for Prince Lorenzo?
(a) That he not become a tyrant.
(b) That he recognizes Machiavelli's genius.
(c) That he sets up a completely new form of government.
(d) That he attain all the merits he deserves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In THE PRINCE, why does Machiavelli deal only with dominions and not republics?

2. Why does Machiavelli say a hereditary prince is usually more loved by his subjects?

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?

4. How does Machiavelli say that those who help a prince obtain a new princedom may turn against him?

5. Why does Machiavelli not discuss democracies?

(see the answer key)

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