The Prince Quizzes

The Prince Quiz 1

By Damien Chazelle · Edited by Jordan Reid Berkow · Last reviewed April 29, 2008

1 What was Alexander VI's profession?

Pope

computer programmer

king

soldier
2 What was Machiavelli's first name?

Lorenzo

Tom

Niccolo

Leonardo
3 In what century was The Prince published?

16th

14th

13th

15th
4 Of what city was Machiavelli an inhabitant?

Florence

Venice

Pisa

Paris
5 To whom does Machiavelli address/dedicate The Prince?

Alexander VI

Lorenzo de Medici

Agathocles

Cesare Borgia
6 Who of the following does Machiavelli not cite as an example?

Theseus

Cyrus

Hiero of Syracuse

Napoleon
7 States are of two sorts: republics and

fascist regimes

nothing else

princely states

anarchist states
8 Which king "took Milan quickly and lost it just as quickly"?

King Louis XII

King Jezebel

King Thomas

King Louis XIV
9 "But it is the ______ that makes troubles."

chocolate ice cream

new state

republic

use of a prince's own troops
10 In France, in Machiavelli's time, power

belonged to the people, through representative elections

was concentrated entirely in one ruler

was shared between the prince and the barons

belonged entirely to the Pope
11 Machiavelli is a strong advocate of

using mercenaries

setting up colonies

showering money on the people to enhance one's reputation

disregarding history
12 Who was Agathocles?

Emperor of Russia

King of France

Prince of Sparta

Prince of Syracuse
13 "Looking over all the duke's actions, then, I find nothing with which to reproach him." Who is Machiavelli referring to?

The Duc du Barry

Cesare Borgia

Duke Constantine of Verona

Alexander VI
14 Who was made Pope after Pius temporarily took Alexander VI's place?

Benedict

John-Paul II

Carlos the Wise

Julius II
15 What does Machiavelli feel Cesare should have done regarding the papacy?

he should have abolished the papacy

he should have become Pope himself

he should have appointed Julius II

he should have tried to make a Spaniard or a Rouen figure Pope
16 "Why the Successors of Alexander After His Death Did Not Lose the Kingdom He Had Conquered From ______"

Theseus

Julius II

Darius

Desdemona
17 According to Machiavelli, how did the Spartans hold onto Athens and Thebes (though in the end they lost both cities)?

be destroying them

by turning them into anarchic free-for-all entities

by creating oligarchies

by killing all their men
18 How did the Romans hold onto Capua, Carthage, and Numantia?

they unleashed diseases on them

they created an oligarchy

they gave them to the Turks

they destroyed them
19 Who founded Rome, according to legend?

Remo

Romano

Richie Rich

Romulus
20 Who of the following became duke of Milan?

Franceso Sforza

Theseus

Tremonino

Carlotta da Remi
21 Which of the following was a faction in the Romagna territory?

there were no factions in the Romagna territory

the Bonapartes

the Orsini family

the Corleone family
22 "For when ______ realized, too late, that the power of the duke and the Church was making for their ruin, they called a gathering of the clan at La Magione near Perugia."

Valentino

Orsini

Borgia

Francesco family
23 Which country tried unsuccessfully to hold onto Italian conquests in Machiavelli's time?

Greece

the United States

Russia

France
24 Which of the following did Machiavelli NOT write?

Confessions

The Art of War

The Prince

History of Florence
25 When did Machiavelli compose The Prince?

while dying of leprosy

while on a diplomatic mission to Brussels

while in university

while in exile

Is this a book or short story? Who is the author?

Asked by Jaliah B #1003026

Answered by Aslan on 4/11/2020 9:28 PM

What were the five errors committed by Louis XII of France? How did the ancient Romans and Alexander the Great avoid some of these mistakes?

From the text:

''Louis made these five errors: he destroyed the minor powers, he increased the strength of one of the greater powers in Italy, he brought in a foreign power, he did not settle in the country, he did not send colonies. ''

Asked by Brenda S #545702

Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/20/2023 7:17 PM

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Suggests that the author mainly believes that people

Can you quote the first line of the paragraph so I know where you are meaning?

Asked by Jenzen R #1304562

Answered by Aslan on 5/3/2023 3:43 AM

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