MACHIAVELLI PART - V

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

Machiavelli continued......

                                                                   SEMESTER IV

TOPIC: MACHIAVELLI

TEST YOURSELF

1. What did Bertrand Russell say about Machiavelli's "The Prince":

A) It should be required reading for all MBA candidates.

B) It's a brilliant treatise on diplomatic survival.

C) It's a handbook for gangsters.

D) It should be banned from K-12 in the educational system.

2. Where was Machiavelli born?

A) Rome

B) Palermo

C) Florence

D) Naples

3. Nicolo Machiavelli has been called:

A)"The Devil's partner in crime"

B) "Old Nick"

C) "Murderous Machiavel"

D) All of these

4. When was Nicolo Machiavelli born?

A) 2 February 1444

B) 3 May 1469

C) 23 August 1449

D) 23 November 1455

5. To whom did Nicolo Machiavelli dedicate The Prince?

A) Rodrigo Borgia

B) Piero Soderini

C Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici

D) Marcello Adriani

6. Which book did Nicolo Machiavelli dedicate to Giulio de’ Medici?

A) The Mandrake

B) Discourses on Livy

C) Wealth of Nations

D) The Art of War

7. When did Niccolo Machiavelli die?

A) 26 January 1549

B) 21 June 1527

C) 8 July 1555

D) 12 December 1564

8. Where did Niccolo Machiavelli die?

A) Milan

B) Turin

C) Vienna

D) Florence

9.  Who commissioned Niccolo Machiavelli to write Florentine Histories?

A) Adrian VI

B) Julius II

C) Alexander VI

D) Leo X

10. According to Machiavelli, which of the following statements about hereditary states is not valid?

 A) Subjects naturally love the ruling family

 B) They should retain traditional institutions

 C) Their traditional institutions should be adapted to current events

 D) They are more difficult to control than new states

11. Which of the following is a course of action that should not be taken by a prince of a new principality?

 A) Change the laws and taxes

 B) Punish insurrection

 C) Destroy the family of the former prince

 D) Establish settlements

12. Which of the following is the best means of becoming a prince?

 A) Constitution

 B) Fortune

 C) Crime

 D) Prowess

13. Which of the following arguments does Machiavelli make about the nature of men?

 A) They are naturally deceitful

 B) They are naturally conflict-prone

 C) They are naturally dissatisfied

 D) They are naturally incompetent

14. Which is of the following is true about fortune and prowess?

A) Acquiring a state by prowess is hard, maintaining it is easy

B) Acquiring a state by fortune is hard, maintaining it is easy

C) Acquiring a state by fortune is hard, maintaining it is hard

D) Acquiring a state by prowess is hard, maintaining it is hard

15.  What is Machiavelli’s approach to the use of cruelty?

A) Inflict all the cruelty at once, then never again

B) Inflict small amounts of cruelty consistently

C) Never inflict cruelty at all

D) Inflict cruelty suddenly and unpredictably

NOTE : KEYS WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER THE END OF THIS EXERCISE.

TO BE CONTINUED.....................