Prologue

1. In order to gain the favor of a prince, what must one do?

2. What is it that The Prince is presenting to “Your Highness” ?

Chapter One

3. According to The Prince, what are the two kinds of governments?

4. Principalities are either ________________ or they are _________. The new ones are either entirely new or they are ______________________________ _______________________________________.

Chapter Two

5. What is easier for one to maintain, a hereditary state or and new one? Why?

Chapter Three & Four

6. A natural hazard exists in all new principalities, which is often caused because of the “willingness of men to change __________________.” Why do men do this?

7. What two bodies of people is a new ruler of an old principality already in bad favor with? Why?

8. Whose good will must a prince have when entering a province?

9. A prince acquiring states in a province where the language, customs, and laws are different should do what to overcome the difficulties?

10. According to The Prince, men must either be ____________________ or _____________________. Why?

11. Why is the military occupation of a newly annexed state a poor choice?

12. What is the problem facing a prince if he waits until difficulties are near at hand?

13. One should never allow what to persist in order to avoid war? Why?

14. What mistake did the Venetians make? What does Machiavelli prove with this?

15. What are the six mistakes King Louis made which caused him to lose Lombardy?

Chapter Five

16. What are the three ways to hold states which have previously accustomed to living in freedom under their own laws?

17. People who have been accustomed to living under a prince and his family line becomes extinct can be easily won and held. Why?

18. What are the two ways to deal with republics? Why?

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19. Prudent men must always “tread the path of great men” so that

20. The two factors that are necessary for success are

a. _________________

b. _________________

21. Those who have relied the least upon ____________ (see the previous question)

have been the most successful.

22. The difficulties that these rulers encounter in winning their dominions arise from

the _____________________________ and ____________________ which they

are compelled to introduce in order to establish their state and assure their

security.

23. Princes rarely fail when they can ______________________________ and

_________________________________.

24. People are by nature ______________.It is easy to persuade them about some

particular matter, but it is hard to ___________________________________.

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25. What happens to men who rise from private station to become princes by means

of good fortune alone? Why?

26. Princes who depend entirely upon the __________ and the ___________ of those

who have installed them lack the _______________ and the ________________

to keep their position.

27. The person who acquired power through his father’s fortunes and lost it through

the same means is __________________________.

28. Very briefly outline that leader’s story below.

29. There were four steps that he needed to take in order for him to assure his safety.

They were

a. _______________________________________________________.

b. _______________________________________________________.

c. _______________________________________________________.

d. _______________________________________________________.

30. Which one didn’t he have time to finish?

31. The Duke should be proposed as an example to be imitated by all those who

______________________________________________________.

32. What was his only mistake that can be charged against him according to

Machiavelli?

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33. What are the two ways of becoming a prince which cannot be entirely attributed

to fortune or ability?

34. How did Agathocles the Sicilian become King of Syracuse?

35. By killing one’s fellow-citizens, betraying one’s friends, and being without faith,

pity, and religion, one “may win _________________ but not ______________.”

36. How did Oliverotto gain control of Fermo?

37. Cruelty can be said to be properly used when one resorts to it _____________ out

of a need for _________, and does not thereafter ______________________, but

seeks instead to replace it with measures that are __________________________.

38. Cruelty is improperly used when it is resorted to with _________________ rather

than ______________ frequency over time.

39. Why is it better to inflict all injuries at once?

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40. What is the meaning of a civic principality?

41. How does one attain this position?

42. What are the two opposing desires of common people and nobles?

43. What are the three consequences of these conflicting desires?

44. What are the two ways that a principality can come into being?

45. The man who becomes prince through the help of the ______________ will find

it more difficult to remain in power than the man who becomes prince through the

help of the __________________. Why?

46. What is a greater threat to a prince, the hostility of the populace or the hostility of

the nobles? Why?

47. Machiavelli says that nobles should be viewed in two principal ways. What are

they?

48. “One who becomes prince with the help of the people will have to preserve

_____________________, an easy matter, since they only ask that he

avoid__________________________.”

49. Why does Machiavelli find the proverb, “He who builds on the people, builds on

mud,” to be wrong?

50. Which type of principality runs into difficulty when its civil structure is replaced

by absolutism? Why?

51. How can a wise prince insure that his subjects will always be loyal to him?

CHAPTER 10-11

52. What does Machiavelli recommend that a prince who finds himself dependent

upon others for help and is unable to meet his enemy in open battle do?

53. Why should the prince of a strong city not fear being deserted by his people in

times of distress?

54. What distinguishes ecclesiastical principalities from the rest?

55. Why are these principalities so easily governed?

56. What were the two factions used to keep the Pope in check?

57. Which pontiff best showed how a pope with money and troops could be

successful?

58. Who was his instrument?

59. What two things kept the Orsini and Colona parties in check?

60. Who was the Pope at the time that Machiavelli is writing?

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61. What are the two essential foundations of all states?

62. What four methods of arms can a prince use to defend his state?

63. Which ones are the most useless and dangerous?

Why?

64. What did Machiavelli feel was the ruin of Italy?

65. Why did the Church encourage Italy to divide up into states?

66. How did the Church, in taking over power of Italy, contribute to the oppression of

Italy by mercenaries?

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67. What are auxiliary troops?

68. Why are they dangerous?

69. Who does Machiavelli give as a fresh example of the dangers of enlisting

auxiliary troops?

70. Why are they more dangerous than mercenaries?

71. What is the greatest danger with mercenaries? With auxiliaries?

72. So what are the best armies a prince can rely on?

73. Briefly relate the symbolic tale from the Old Testament that demonstrates that a

leader’s own army is the most successful.

74. What does Mach cite as the first cause of the collapse of the Roman Empire?

Chapter 14

75. What is the only objective, thought, and profession that is necessary to one who

commands?

76. When do princes lose their state?

77. What is one of the ills of being disarmed?

78. What should a prince do in times of peace? In what two ways should he do this?

79. What should a prince do to keep his men practiced in action?

80. What are two ways a prince can benefit from knowledge gained through practice

in action?

81. What should a prince do in regards to study? List four things.

Chapter 15

82. What is necessary for a prince to learn who wishes to survive?

83. What vices should a prince avoid?

Chapter 16

84. It would be good for a leader to be considered

85. Yet to gain a reputation for this quality would be

86. Any prince who gains a reputation for generosity will have to _____________ all of his resources and, to keep up his reputation, will have to _________________ his people.

87. Once he recognizes his error in ruling as a liberal leader and seeks to amend it, he will quickly be labeled

88. A wise prince will not object to being reputed

89. A prince spends either __________________________________ or ___________________________.

90. Why must a prince must allow his armies to loot, pillage, and extort?

91. Liberty leads to what?

92. The name “miser” breeds _________________ without _________________. Liberality breeds both __________________ and ___________________.

Chapter 17

93. Every prince ought to wish to be considered ___________ rather than ____________.

94. A prince should not mind employing cruelty to

95. What must a prince do to avoid the dangers involved in new states?

96. Ideally, one should be both _______________ and __________________. 97. Anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being

_______________ than in being _______________.

98. Why do men have less concern about offending someone they have cause to love than someone they fear?

99. A prince should make himself feared in such a way that, though he does not gain love, he escapes ______________.

100. To be feared and not hated, a leader should not touch the __________________ or the _______________ of his subjects.

101. He should only take someone’s life when there is

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102. Princes who had little regard for their word and had the craftiness to turn men’s

minds have accomplished great things and, in the end, have ________________

________________________________________________________________.

103. Two methods of fighting are by ___________________ and by _____________.

The first belongs properly to __________, the second to ________________.

104. The two animals that a prince should imitate are the ________________ who is _______________________________ and the _____________ who is _________________________________________________.

Hence a price out to be a __________ in ______________________________ and a ___________ in __________________________________.

105. A deceiver will never lack ____________________________________.

106. The five qualities that every prince should seem to have are 1)________________, 2) _______________________, 3) __________________, 4)______________________, 5)_____________________________

107. He must be disposed to change his personality according as _______________ ________________________________________________________________.

108. Why will the few who see the prince for what he really is not dare to oppose him?

Chapter 19

109. Machiavelli repeats that a prince must, at all costs, avoid becoming the object of

_____________________.

110. He should strive for his actions to show 1) _______________________, 2)__________________, 3)____________________, 4)____________________

111. In dealing with individual subjects, his decisions must be____________________; and he must maintain himself in such high regard

that ______________________________________________________________.

112. A prince has only two things to fear. One is ________________ and concerns ____________________. The other is _________________ and concerns ____________________________.

113. A prince will find security against conspiracy by

114. Why do few conspiracies often succeed?

115. If the people are opposed and hate the prince, he must fear

116. One of the major conflicts of interest that a prince faces is that the people love _____________and therefore ______________________ and the soldiers love __________________________________________________.

117. Hatred may be engendered by ____________________as well as ___________________.

118. Why do the princes of Machiavelli’s time have less trouble being obliged to both the people and the soldiers?

119. If necessary to choose between satisfying the people or the soldiers, who should the prince choose and why?

Chapter 20

120. List six methods that princes have used to keep their lands secure.a.b.c.d.e.f.

121. How will subjects who are armed feel about the prince, as opposed to those who are not armed?

122. Why should a new prince never disarm his subjects?

123. When is it necessary for a prince to disarm a state?

124. Why did Machiavelli feel that factions were dangerous?

125. Why did Venice foster Guelf and Ghibelline factions in her subject cities? Did it work?

126. When is the only time that factions are advantageous? Why?

127. What two things must a prince do in order to be great?

128. What does Machiavelli suggest as a way for a wise prince to increase his own stature?

129. Who did Pandolfo Petrucci use to help rule his state? Why?

130. When will a prince have difficulty maintaining the friendship of the inhabitants of a newly acquired state?

131. What are the two reasons princes have customarily erected fortresses to hold onto their domains with greater safety?

132. A prince who should build fortresses fears what?

133. What is the best fortress a prince can have, and why?

Chapter 21

134. What two things win a prince the most esteem?

135. List five things that make King Ferdinand of Spain great:a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

136. Whenever someone does something extraordinarily good or bad in civic life, a prince should

137. What two ways can a prince gain esteem?

138. Who will usually encourage a prince to remain neutral?

139. List four things Machiavelli says a prince must do in the concluding paragraph of chapter 21:

Chapter 22

140. What is the first estimate that one gets of a ruler’s intelligence based

upon?

141. A good minister must never think of ______________ but always of

________________.

142. In order to retain keep him loyal, what must the prince do for his

minister?

Chapter 23

143. The only way to avoid flattery is by:

144. The only people that the prince should grant the freedom to tell him the

truth are

145. Except for these men he should listen to

146. When is the only time a prince should seek advice?

147. A prince who is not wise himself cannot

148. In what way is Machiavelli’s advice in this section of his book dangerous

to his own cause?