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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a prince ultimately judged?
(a) By his years as a prince.
(b) By his results.
(c) By his wealth and grandeur.
(d) By the mob.

2. Aside from granting favors to his subjects during a siege, what does Machiavelli suggest a wise prince might do?
(a) Get his subjects to do favors for him.
(b) Have parties within the walls as though nothing is wrong outside.
(c) Make promises he knows he could never keep.
(d) Bribe his nobles to help him.

3. What does Machiavelli suggest makes for peace in a dominion?
(a) A Prince who knows how to hide his bad habits.
(b) A Prince who knows how to keep the people in line by force.
(c) A brilliant and vocal Prince.
(d) Each day being the same as the day before.

4. What reasons does Machiavelli put forward to get Prince Lorenzo to read his book?
(a) Experience and his ability as a writer.
(b) Experience and the absence of flattery.
(c) Experience and his personal need.
(d) Experience and his low-born status.

5. Why does Machiavelli argue against a prince being overly generous?
(a) To support his generosity, the prince must tax his subjects heavily.
(b) By being generous the people love him excessively.
(c) His generosity includes being able to pay his military high wages.
(d) By being generous, he avoids beeing seen as a miser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in Machiavelli's opinion is the problem with a prince being too liberal with his subjects?

2. The cities of what country are given as good examples of fortification?

3. Why does Machiavelli not discuss democracies?

4. How does Machiavelli define auxiliary forces?

5. How does Machiavelli say a prince can make himself feared without making himself hated?

(see the answer key)

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