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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Machiavelli refrains from doing in his book?
(a) Giving only the facts of great leaders and how they governed.
(b) Using high sounding literary devices to make the work seem more important.
(c) Using language of respect that is usually spoken before a prince.
(d) Making everything brief in his writing so that main points are missed.

2. How did the Romans maintain control in Capua, Carthage, and Numantia?
(a) They destroyed them and set up their own system of government.
(b) They allowed them to select government officials from their own citizens.
(c) They made them all Roman citizens with new priviliges.
(d) They moved the Roman capital to Carthage.

3. What does Machiavelli mean when he says "impetuousness is better than calculation"?
(a) Fortune admits more readily to boldness than to calculation.
(b) Young men are too cautious to be successful.
(c) Old men are usually more daring and agressive in their actions.
(d) Calculation enables one to do innovative things.

4. What does Machiavelli tell the prince is more important than morality in government?
(a) Religion.
(b) Expediency.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Philosophy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Machiavelli say that new territories are harder to govern than hereditary ones?

2. What does Machiavelli say was the reason for successes by Cyrus, Romulus, and Theseus?

3. What were the results of Sparta setting up oligarchies in Athens and Thebes after they conquered them?

4. What example does Machiavelli give of a ruler in whom his people have no confidence?

5. Who does Machiavelli say should always be in charge of the troops in a princedom?

(see the answer key)

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