1. What can deprive a prince of his princedom?
(a) Public elections.
(b) Revolution among the lowest class of subjects.
(c) Extrodinary and irresistable force.
(d) Disagreements within a family of hereditary rulers.

2. What does Machiavelli say a new prince must do quickly after gaining a new dominion?
(a) Hand out money.
(b) Read his book.
(c) Build a new palace.
(d) Learn quickly.

3. 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 barons hold their titles by heredity and not by the favor of the prince, so there is less loyalty.
(c) If the prince dies the barons all lose their hereditary titles.
(d) The prince becomes lazy and leaves everything up to the barons.

4. What is Machiavelli removing from the political thinking during a time when the Roman Catholic Church was still appointing Emperors?
(a) He is removing constitutional authority.
(b) He is removing God from politics and the power equation.
(c) He is removing political involvement of the church.
(d) He is removing objections to the combination of church and state.

5. What does Machiavelli say will be an advantage to a prince who lost his dominion by force of arms?
(a) The tendency of new governments to rely heavily on hereditary princes.
(b) The money he was able to stash away before being invaded.
(c) The sympathy of the surrounding dominions.
(d) A mishap on the part of the new government.