1. Why is setting up a system of government using conquered citizens effective?
(a) They see they cannot survive without the protection and support of the conquering prince.
(b) They do not have to make friends of the new prince.
(c) They see that everything will be exactly like their old government.
(d) They do not have to pay tribute to the new prince.

2. 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?
(a) The prince does always knows what the barons are doing in their territories.
(b) The prince becomes lazy and leaves everything up to the barons.
(c) If the prince dies the barons all lose their hereditary titles.
(d) The barons hold their titles by heredity and not by the favor of the prince, so there is less loyalty.

3. Why does Machiavelli say a hereditary prince is usually more loved by his subjects?
(a) He has less of a chance of giving offense.
(b) His face is on their coins.
(c) He allows the people to do exactly as they please.
(d) He goes to school with the children of the princedom.

4. 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 Holy Roman Empire.
(c) The King of Naples as part of the dominions of Spain.
(d) The Medici as part of the Borgia dominions.

5. What example does Machiavelli give of a conquered territory rebelling against 100 years of servitude?
(a) Persia throwing off the rule of Alexander the Great.
(b) Carthage getting its independence from Rome.
(c) Egypt going to war with Sparta.
(d) Pisa arising against the Florentines.