The Prince Quizzes

The Prince Quiz 1

1 What was Alexander VI's profession?
soldier

Pope

king

computer programmer
2 What was Machiavelli's first name?
Lorenzo

Leonardo

Niccolo

Tom
3 In what century was The Prince published?
16th

15th

14th

13th
4 Of what city was Machiavelli an inhabitant?
Venice

Paris

Pisa

Florence
5 To whom does Machiavelli address/dedicate The Prince?
Lorenzo de Medici

Alexander VI

Agathocles

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

Theseus

Hiero of Syracuse

Napoleon
7 States are of two sorts: republics and
fascist regimes

nothing else

anarchist states

princely states
8 Which king "took Milan quickly and lost it just as quickly"?
King Louis XIV

King Jezebel

King Louis XII

King Thomas
9 "But it is the ______ that makes troubles."
use of a prince's own troops

new state

republic

chocolate ice cream
10 In France, in Machiavelli's time, power
was shared between the prince and the barons

was concentrated entirely in one ruler

belonged to the people, through representative elections

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

setting up colonies

showering money on the people to enhance one's reputation

using mercenaries
12 Who was Agathocles?
Prince of Sparta

King of France

Emperor of Russia

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

Alexander VI

Duke Constantine of Verona

Cesare Borgia
14 Who was made Pope after Pius temporarily took Alexander VI's place?
John-Paul II

Carlos the Wise

Benedict

Julius II
15 What does Machiavelli feel Cesare should have done regarding the papacy?
he should have become Pope himself

he should have tried to make a Spaniard or a Rouen figure Pope

he should have appointed Julius II

he should have abolished the papacy
16 "Why the Successors of Alexander After His Death Did Not Lose the Kingdom He Had Conquered From ______"
Desdemona

Theseus

Julius II

Darius
17 According to Machiavelli, how did the Spartans hold onto Athens and Thebes (though in the end they lost both cities)?
by killing all their men

by turning them into anarchic free-for-all entities

be destroying them

by creating oligarchies
18 How did the Romans hold onto Capua, Carthage, and Numantia?
they destroyed them

they unleashed diseases on them

they gave them to the Turks

they created an oligarchy
19 Who founded Rome, according to legend?
Richie Rich

Remo

Romano

Romulus
20 Who of the following became duke of Milan?
Tremonino

Franceso Sforza

Theseus

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

the Orsini family

there were no factions in the Romagna territory

the Bonapartes
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

Borgia

Orsini

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

the United States

Greece

Russia
24 Which of the following did Machiavelli NOT write?
Confessions

The Prince

History of Florence

The Art of War
25 When did Machiavelli compose The Prince?
while dying of leprosy

while in exile

while in university

while on a diplomatic mission to Brussels

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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The Prince

by Niccolo Machiavelli

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