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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is stitched on the woman's clothes?
(a) The letters Pi and Theta.
(b) A star and letter Alpha.
(c) A cross and letter Theta.
(d) A list of Rome's gods.

2. What was Boethius usually studying?
(a) Perfect forms of government.
(b) Various religions of the world.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Magnetism.

3. What does Fortune take pleasure in according to Philosophy?
(a) Its resourcefulness.
(b) Its unreliability.
(c) Its greed.
(d) Its own predictability.

4. What does Philosophy say could be wrong with a man of good reputation in her example about not being able to be truly happy?
(a) He might not know God.
(b) He might not be rich.
(c) He might be ugly.
(d) He might not have a good domestic life.

5. What does Fortune love to do to men comfortable with their possessions?
(a) Reward their perseverance.
(b) Upset them.
(c) Make them loan more money.
(d) Give them more money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Boethius once, according to the woman?

2. Why does Philosophy say no-one can truly be happy in life?

3. Who is seduced by the ups and downs of Fortune according to the woman?

4. Why does Philosophy justify her saying that Boethius didn't lose anything?

5. What does Philosophy tell Boethius to be thankful for?

(see the answer key)

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