1. What did Bertrand Russell said about Machiavelli's “The Prince”. It’s a handbook for gangsters. It should be banned from K-12 in the educational system. It’s a brilliant treatise on diplomatic survival. It should be required reading for all MBA candidates.

2. Where was Machiavelli was born? Rome Palermo Florence Naples

3. Machiavelli wrote: “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” True False

4. This quote “The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous” is often incorrectly attributed to Machiavelli. True False

5. An example of Machiavelli’s cynicism can be found in this quote: “Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.” True False

6. “At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.” Did Machivelli write this? Yes No

7. This is my favorite, but did Machiavelli really say it? “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” Yes No

8. Did Machiavelli say this? ”The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” Yes No

9. Sitting in class today my instructor said "If you learn to rule one man's soul, you can get the rest of mankind." Who was he quoting? Niccolo Machiavelli Friedrich Nietzsche Ayn Rand Jean-Paul Sartre

10. Here is an easy question to finish this Machiavellian quiz. Niccolo Machiavelli has been called: All of these "Murderous Machiavel" "The Devil’s partner in crime" "Old Nick"