This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Example of Rome's Great Men, Internal Security, Equanimity, Insurrection, Confidence, Electioneering, and the Tendering of Advice, Advice to Generals in the Field.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Machiavelli, what is the first thing that Citizens seek when starting on the path of chasing their ambitions?
(a) Means to win access to public office.
(b) Not to be harmed by citizens or magistrates.
(c) A cause that will incite the passions of the general masses.
(d) The support of a wealthy Noble.

2. What is a Prince as Machiavelli uses the term?
(a) An underling to the ruling authority.
(b) A dispatched bureaucrat that carries out orders over a territory.
(c) A hereditary noble.
(d) A monarch over a sovereign system of government and territory.

3. Who does Machiavelli credit with protecting Rome from the ambitions of the Tribunes?
(a) Appius Claudius.
(b) Claudius Lucius.
(c) Junius Claudius.
(d) Lucius Brutus.

4. Why would corrupt Republics accept common deceptions?
(a) Because they help to confuse Citizens to the corruption.
(b) Because they are put forward by men who want favors more readily for themselves than for the public.
(c) Because they keep anyone from knowing any truth.
(d) Because they hide the corruption of the political class.

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