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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of government comes from a long line of ancestors?
(a) An elected dynasty.
(b) A hereditary princedom.
(c) New princedoms.
(d) Princedoms formed by warring factions.

2. What characteristic of a leader can change fortune according to Machiavelli?
(a) The will of the people.
(b) Being at the right place and in the right time.
(c) The intervention of God.
(d) A person's innate ability.

3. What example does Machiavelli give of a dominion that is a limb of a larger one?
(a) The King of Naples as part of the dominions of Spain.
(b) The Medici as part of the Borgia dominions.
(c) The Holy Roman Empire.
(d) The Prince of Venice as part of the dominions of France.

4. How does Machiavelli say that those who help a prince obtain a new princedom may turn against him?
(a) By going elsewhere to fight new battles.
(b) By becoming jealous of his new power.
(c) By deciding that they do not need the prince.
(d) By not receiving what was promised to them.

5. What are the two types of government identified by Machiavelli?
(a) State and Republic.
(b) City State and Territory.
(c) State and Dominion.
(d) Kingdom and City State.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machiavelli suggest is the best solution for governing a new territory?

2. What is it that Machiavelli refrains from doing in his book?

3. What is the Renaissance Italian's view of political misfortune?

4. In acquiring a new dominion, if the prince does not use the force of his own arms, what alternative does Machiavelli suggest?

5. What does Machiavelli suggest makes for peace in a dominion?

(see the answer key)

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