This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Examples of Rome's Great Men, Sundry Remarks on Strategy, Tactics, New Devices and Discipline, Administrative Posts, Administrative Methods: The Rival Claims of Severity and Good Fellowship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Machiavelli believe to the nature of men that causes them to either fight from ambition or from necessity?
(a) Men that choose to fight always fight for personal benefit.
(b) Men that choose to fight always fight for the glory of the City.
(c) They fight so they can have the power to deliver liberty to themselves and the City.
(d) They are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything.

2. According to Machiavelli, what prevented the ambitions of the Nobles from corrupting Rome?
(a) Wars drained their wealth.
(b) The expanded Empire required that they move to colonies to lead them.
(c) Social ostracism by the Senate.
(d) The power of the Tribunes and the Plebes.

3. Who were the Decemvirs?
(a) Ten citizens created by the Roman people to make the laws in Rome.
(b) The 12 Nobles who the Caesars appointed to help him manage the Empire.
(c) Courtiers who gathered around the Caesars to protect them during times of festivals.
(d) Officials who took their power in the last month of the year.

4. Who does Machiavelli credit with protecting Rome from the ambitions of the Tribunes?
(a) Appius Claudius.
(b) Junius Claudius.
(c) Lucius Brutus.
(d) Claudius Lucius.

5. What does Machiavelli claim new sects (religions) do as they rise to prominence?
(a) Influence Citizens to be obedient to the Prince.
(b) Cause Citizens to avoid fighting in wars.
(c) Destroy all the signs, including language, of the old sects they come to dominate.
(d) Influence the culture to defy the Prince.