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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He was accidentally killed by a poorly aimed arrow.
(b) Cesare Borgia did the same thing to him.
(c) A son of one of the murdered men put poison in his wine.
(d) He died of natural causes before he could become Prince of Fermo.

2. Ending his discussion of Ecclesiastical Dominions, why is Machiavelli so circumspect about the current Pope?
(a) Pope Leo is the uncle of Lorenzo de Medici.
(b) Pope Leo does not support the Medici.
(c) Pope Leo might give Machiavelli a job.
(d) Pope Leo fears Niccolo Machiavelli.

3. What powerful force does Machiavelli say can efface innovations in government?
(a) Memories.
(b) More and more innovation.
(c) Disdain for the past.
(d) Expectations.

4. After Alexander VI, how did the Pope continue to strengthen the Church's position?
(a) By gaining more popularity among the Italians.
(b) By putting monasteries in new dominions.
(c) By military invasions of other dominions.
(d) By selling ecclesiastical offices and annexing land.

5. What can deprive a prince of his princedom?
(a) Disagreements within a family of hereditary rulers.
(b) Public elections.
(c) Revolution among the lowest class of subjects.
(d) Extrodinary and irresistable force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machiavelli insist about a Prince who lost his dominion by force?

2. What does Machiavelli say is the only art expected of a prince?

3. What role does morality play in keeping a dominion safe according to Machiavelli?

4. Before Pope Alexander VI, what prevented the Church from gaining even more power?

5. Who does Machiavelli single out as a prince who was always prepared for war?

(see the answer key)

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