This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Examples of Rome's Great Men, Sundry Remarks on Strategy, Tactics, New Devices and Discipline, Administrative Posts, Administrative Methods: The Rival Claims of Severity and Good Fellowship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Machiavelli suggest that Princes and other leaders deal with acts that offend their citizens?
(a) Increase their power and penalties for crimes and scare the Citizens into submission and acceptance.
(b) Increase taxes on the wealthy and use the money in ways that benefit the general masses.
(c) Make the offense quickly then act to reassure them and give them cause to quiet and firm their spirits.
(d) Distract the Citizens by making war against a nearby province.

2. What does Machiavelli establish as the relationship between gold and good soldiers?
(a) Gold attracts good soldiers.
(b) Gold will cause good soldiers to go bad.
(c) The promise of gold will make soldiers weaker.
(d) Gold is not sufficient to find good soldiers, but good soldiers are indeed sufficient to find gold.

3. When does Machiavelli advise Captains to try new things?
(a) Never.
(b) When it is training.
(c) While armies are engaged.
(d) When it is camped in the open field.

4. In the comparison between the tactics of Scipio and Hannibal, what does Machiavelli consider to be praiseworthy?
(a) New uses of artillery.
(b) Feigned foolishness.
(c) Success.
(d) Surprise.

5. If a cliché could be given to the preface to Book Two of "The Discourses", what would it be?
(a) "Go where you belong--on the ash heap of history."
(b) "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
(c) ."The only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn from history."
(d) "History is written by the winners."