View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does morality play in keeping a dominion safe according to Machiavelli?
(a) Everything. The Prince must be ruled by God.
(b) Only a little. People barely notice such things.
(c) None whatsoever.
(d) It is only necessary for hereditary Princedoms.

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

3. What is Machiavelli offering the Prince Lorenzo de Medici?
(a) A large book of rules for new princes to use in governing the people.
(b) Personal introductions to great men Machiavelli knows.
(c) Means of mastering in a short time all Machiavelli has learned about governing.
(d) The chance to become king of all Italy.

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

5. What themes does Machiavelli introduce in Chapter One?
(a) The importance of a republic.
(b) Good fortune and merit.
(c) Arms and strategy.
(d) Colonization and residency.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Machiavelli compare himself in writing this book?

2. How do the Medici come to power?

3. What was Machiavelli's method for learning political government?

4. Why does Machiavelli insist that hereditary princedoms are more easily maintained?

5. Who does Machiavelli put forward as an example of a King who made all the mistakes in ruling a new territory?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 317 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample