This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, The Development of Rome's Constitution, Sundry Reflections on the Kings of Rome, The Introduction of New Forms of Government, Ingratitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Machiavelli report led gatherings of people to make laws?
(a) To protect economic activity that benefited the city.
(b) To set order to the defense of the city.
(c) To avoid evils that people committed on others.
(d) So resources could be justly distributed.

3. Why does Machiavelli claim these forms of government developed?
(a) To prevent people with the ability to use force from destroying each other.
(b) So those with wealth could protect themselves from those who had none.
(c) So those with influence could hold it without violence.
(d) To provide defense for people who gathered together.

4. What do fertile areas offer to those who settle there according to Machiavelli?
(a) The means by which a city can grow and have the ability to defend themselves.
(b) Resources that will sustain a growing population.
(c) The ability to affect the economy of sterile areas.
(d) Raw materials that can be sent to sterile areas for manufacturing and refinement.

5. How does Machiavelli predict a citizen will conduct himself if he is not punished for his misdeeds because of his reputation for doing good deeds, according to Machiavelli.
(a) He will find ways to subvert the Prince and take his power.
(b) He will, in short time, become so insolent as to put an end to all civil law.
(c) He will become the most effective aide to the Prince and help expand his power over the citizens.
(d) He will eventually become overwhelmed by his conscience and slip away into obscurity.