1. Before Pope Alexander VI, what prevented the Church from gaining even more power?
(a) Wars fought between the Colonna, the Orsini and the Pope.
(b) The separation of Church and State.
(c) The threat of invasion by France.
(d) The commercial power of the Venetians.

2. What is the irony of the death of Oliverotto of Fermo who came to power by assembling all the leaders for a dinner and then killing them all?
(a) A son of one of the murdered men put poison in his wine.
(b) He was accidentally killed by a poorly aimed arrow.
(c) Cesare Borgia did the same thing to him.
(d) He died of natural causes before he could become Prince of Fermo.

3. What advantage does Machiavelli point out for Princes who rule hereditary dominions?
(a) He can get away with having more vices.
(b) The Prince who inherited his donimion can disband his army.
(c) People are accustomed to rule by that family.
(d) It is impossible for him to lose his dominion.

4. Citing Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, and Theseus, what distinction does Machiavelli make about Moses?
(a) Moses never actually established himself as a leader.
(b) There is no histroy of Moses outside of the Jewish holy writings.
(c) There was something in Moses, some ability that made him worthy to speak with God.
(d) Instead of ruling the Egyptians after defeating them, he left.

5. What example does Machiavelli give of a dominion that is a limb of a larger one?
(a) The Prince of Venice as part of the dominions of France.
(b) The King of Naples as part of the dominions of Spain.
(c) The Medici as part of the Borgia dominions.
(d) The Holy Roman Empire.