Niccolo Machiavelli Quiz

Niccolo Machiavelli Quiz Questions

1. When was Niccolo Machiavelli born?
a) 2 February 1444
b) 3 May 1469
c) 23 August 1449
d) 23 November 1455

2. Where was Niccolo Machiavelli born?
a) Florence
b) Naples
c) Pisa
d) Lucca

3. When was Niccolo Machiavelli head of second chancery?
a) 1498-1512
b) 1492-1498
c) 1514-1516
d) 1518-1526

4. To whom did Niccolo Machiavelli dedicate The Prince?
a) Rodrigo Borgia
b) Piero Soderini
c) Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici
d) Marcello Adriani

5. Which book did Niccolo Machiavelli dedicate to Giulio de’ Medici?
a) The Mandrake
b) Discourses on Livy
c) Wealth of Nations
d) The Art of War

6. In which poem did Niccolo Machiavelli celebrate the imprisonment of Cesare Borgia?
a) Christ Church College
b) First Decennale
c) Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici
d) Newman College

7. Who commissioned Niccolo Machiavelli to write Florentine Histories?
a) Adrian VI
b) Julius II
c) Alexander VI
d) Leo X

8. What did Niccolo Machiavelli receive as a return gift when he presented Florentine Histories to Clement VII in 1525?
a) 250 florins
b) 80 pounds
c) 120 ducats
d) 64 francs

9. When did Niccolo Machiavelli die?
a) 26 January 1549
b) 21 June 1527
c) 8 July 1555
d) 12 December 1564

10. Where did Niccolo Machiavelli die?
a) Milan
b) Turin
c) Vienna
d) Florence