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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Machiavelli not use Agathocles as an example of meritorious rise to power?
(a) Beause he did not plan what to do after he became prince.
(b) Because his cruelty continued after he came to power.
(c) Because he came from humble beginnings.
(d) Because he was not successful in gaining control of Sicily.

3. How did the Romans maintain control in Capua, Carthage, and Numantia?
(a) They moved the Roman capital to Carthage.
(b) They allowed them to select government officials from their own citizens.
(c) They made them all Roman citizens with new priviliges.
(d) They destroyed them and set up their own system of government.

4. How does Machiavelli say Agathocles became Prince of Syracuse?
(a) Defeating the Carthiginians.
(b) Assembling the Senate to confer and then having them all killed.
(c) Getting the poor people to support him against the aristocracy.
(d) Beheading anyone who opposed him.

5. Who does Machiavelli single out as a prince who was always prepared for war?
(a) Ramses II
(b) The sons of Sforza, Duke of Milan
(c) Xenophon
(d) Philopoemonm, Prince of the Achaians

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Machiavelli say that the great military leaders of history were so successful?

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

3. What does Machiavelli see as an inevitable result of changes in government?

4. Why is setting up a system of government using conquered citizens effective?

5. Does Machiavelli suggest that rising to power through cruelty is always wrong?

(see the answer key)

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