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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philosophy say the claim she made about wicked people follows?
(a) Boethius arguments
(b) Her intuition.
(c) God's rules.
(d) What has already been proven.

2. What does Philosophy argue would be the reason why a person would see randomness when it is not random?
(a) When she is angry.
(b) When she is not intelligent.
(c) When she cannot understand the order behind it.
(d) When she doesn't have a big enough sample.

3. What does Philosophy argue will happen to the power of an evil man?
(a) It will be taken from him.
(b) It will grow.
(c) It will make him rich.
(d) It will be used too much.

4. What does Boethius do after hearing Philosophy's arguments on fortune?
(a) He complains.
(b) He prays to Fortune.
(c) He starts to think of ways to escape.
(d) He accepts his fate.

5. Who wouldn't care about a politician title away from Rome?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Etruscans.
(c) Persians.
(d) The Saracens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sometimes defies human reason and understanding?

2. How does Boethius qualify the fact that good men's worldly possessions can be taken away and evil men's possessions can increase?

3. Why would God give power to a good man according to Philosophy?

4. What is Boethius starting to remember at the start of Book 4?

5. What does Philosophy say of the wealth Fortune gives away?

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