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

2. What finally forced Phillip into battle with Fabius, according to Machiavelli?
(a) He was chased to his home and had to put a call out to his soldiers.
(b) He was laid siege in his fort.
(c) The prolonged war worsened his condition and that of his subjects.
(d) The Samnites fell victim to the Trojans.

3. What is another method that Machiavelli reports leaders use to offend their citizens?
(a) Persisting in harsh punishments for misdemeanors.
(b) Refusing to provide sufficient education for the youth.
(c) Refusing to provide wealth to the general masses.
(d) Persisting in acts that are considered offensive to citizens.

4. What did Roman historian Livius call Necessity?
(a) THE LAST AND BEST WEAPON.
(b) NECESSITY IS BUT AN INTERPRETATION.
(c) THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
(d) THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF FREEDOM.

5. What, according to Machiavelli in Book , 1 Section 38, is the fate of irresolute Republics?
(a) They face invasion, destruction and anhilation.
(b) They have no alternative but to join alliances with powerful Republics that will take control of them.
(c) They will eventually fade away and reemerge as a tyranny.
(d) They cannot settle conflicts except with force because their weakness prevents them from resolving doubts over issues.