Machiavelli Multiple Choice Questions
1. Machiavelli political inquiry was but the reflection of intellectual changes associated with the
A. Renaissance
B. Enlightenment
C. Postmodernism
D. Modernism
Answer: A. Renaissance
2. Machiavelli political inquiry was but the reflection of intellectual changes associated with the
A. Renaissance
B. Enlightenment
C. Postmodernism
D. Modernism
Answer: A. Renaissance
3. The system of political organization that dominated Europe from about the ninth century A.D. up to the Renaissance was
A. Classicism
B. Feudalism
C. Aristocracy
D. Monopoly of Church
Answer: B. Feudalism
4. Machiavelli wrote in 1513 his famous political work, titled
A. Platonic Elitism
B. The Prince
C. Leviathan
D. Liberty
Answer: B. The Prince
5. What was the most essential part of human behavior that Machiavelli considered to understand politics?
A. Empirical theory
B. Empirical reality
C. Empirical thinking
D. Empirical reasoning
Answer: B. Empirical reality
6. The end of the medieval period was the beginning of the age of?
A. Discovery
B. Renaissance
C. Modernism
D. Antiquity
Answer: C. Modernism
7. What type of Polity emerged from the Wreckage of feudalism?
A. Monarchy
B. Nation-State
C. Democracy
D. Principality
Answer: B. Nation-State
8. The initial stages of the formation of the nation-state system had been called the age of?
A. Absolute Monarchy
B. Relative Monarchy
C. Medieval Monarchy
D. Moderate Monarchy
Answer: A. Absolute Monarchy
9. No thinker was able to go out of the feudal framework but
A. Marsilius of Padua
B. John Lock
C. Machiavelli
D. Thomas Hobbes
Answer: C. Machiavelli
10. Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy in the year
A. 1459
B. 1469
C. 1479
D. 1489
Answer: B. 1469
11. Machiavelli wrote a book that reflects his political theory was
A. The Communist Manifesto
B. The Republic
C. The Prince
D. None of the above
Answer: C. The Prince
12. “The Discourses” by Machiavelli expresses his real political ideal and calls for the creation of a form of government that is
A. Authoritarian
B. Democratic
C. Participative
D. Elitist
Answer: B. Democratic
13. Machiavelli is considered the first modern thinker of political philosophy because of his focus on
A. Democracy
B. Republicanism
C. Power
D. Communitarians
Answer: C. Power
14. What is the essence of politics according to Machiavelli and other thinkers of his times?
A. People
B. Elites
C. Power
D. Participation
Answer: C. Power
15. The most famous attack on Machiavelli came in 1739 by Frederick the Great of Prussia after which the term Machiavellianism was coined to be meant
A. Evils of Power Politics
B. Criminal
C. Enemy of Humanity
D. Monster
Answer: A. Evils of Power Politics