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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is a reputation for cruelty necessary for a prince?
(a) To defend himself from mercenaries.
(b) To show his tough love.
(c) To keep people from asking too much.
(d) To maintain control of his army.

3. What example does Machiavelli cite as a wholly new princedom?
(a) Milan under Francesco Sforza.
(b) The new Kingdom of Naples.
(c) Venice under the Doge.
(d) The Kingdom of Spain.

4. How does Machiavelli say a prince can make himself feared without making himself hated?
(a) By taking the women away.
(b) By leaving people's property alone.
(c) By giving pardons to criminals.
(d) By hanging only unpopular criminals.

5. How can a prince deal with the people when they see their lands burning outside the city walls?
(a) He can issue food stamps.
(b) He can tell them about the cruelties of the enemy if they are captured.
(c) He can make them believe it is all just an illusion.
(d) He can tell them it is not as bad as it looks from inside the city walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that a prince cannot control among his subjects?

2. How will the prince be seen if his ministers are capable and wise even though he is not?

3. 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?

4. How does Machiavelli define a new princedom or dominion?

5. What does Machiavelli see as the problem with barons?

(see the answer key)

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