MACHIAVELLI PA RT - VI

Dr, Kaushik Mitra, Head, Department of Political Science, Lucknow Christian Degree College, Lucknow.. U.P. India.

Machiavelli continued......

                                                                   SEMESTER IV

TOPIC: MACHIAVELLI

TEST YOURSELF

16. Which of the following types of troops should a prince depend on?

A) Auxiliary troops

B) Native troops

C) Mercenary troops

D) Mixed troops

17. Which of the following traits is most desirable in a prince?

A) Parsimony

B) Generosity

C) Trustworthiness

D) Compassion

18. To what does Machiavelli compare a prince who breaks his word to play one foreign power off another?

A) A trap

B) A wolf

C) A lion

D) A fox

19.What is the best defense against conspiracies?

A) Popular support

B) Loyal ministers

C) A strong army

D) Foreign allies

20. What is Machiavelli’s historical assessment of Italy’s past princes?

A) Mostly bad luck despite good ruling

B) Mostly bad ruling combined with a little bad luck

C) Mostly bad ruling despite good luck

D) Mostly bad luck combined with a little bad ruling

21. Which of the following is foremost among Machiavelli’s pleas to Lorenzo de’ Medici?

A) The need to rebuild Italy’s military strength

B) The need to rebuild Italy’s national infrastructure

C) The need to rebuild Italy’s national pride

D) The need to rebuild Italy’s alliances with foreign powers

22. Which of the following rulers is not an example of a ruler who triumphed on the strength of their own powers?

A) Theseus

B) Moses

C) Cyrus

D) Cesare Borgia

23. Why had a number of Italian princes of Machiavelli’s time recently lost their states?

A) Malignant acts of God

B) Plague

C) Their own military faults

D) The invasion of brutal Mongol hordes

24. When did Machiavelli compose The Prince?

A) While dying of leprosy

B) While in University

C) While in exile

D) While on a diplomatic mission to Brussels

25. Which of the following did Machiavelli NOT write?

A) The Art of War

B) History of Florence

C) Confessions

D) The Prince

26. Machiavelli is a strong advocate of

A) Showering money on the people to enhance one’s reputation

B) Using mercenaries

C) Disregarding History

D) Setting up colonies

27. What was Machiavelli's first name?

A) Niccolo

B) Lorenzo

C) Tom

D) Leonardo

28. In what century was The Prince published?

A) 13TH

B) 15TH

C) 16TH

D) 14TH

29. States are of two sorts: republics and

A) Anarchist states

B) Princely States

C) Nothing else

D) Fascist regimes

30. In France, in Machiavelli's time, power

A) was concentrated entirely in one ruler

B) Belonged entirely to the Pope

C) Belonged to the people, through representative elections

D) Was shared between the Prince and the Barons

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