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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What cannot be obtained if sought individually according to Philosophy?
(a) The goods.
(b) Faith and independence.
(c) Bodily pleasure and wealth.
(d) Happiness and honor.

3. What does Philosophy think Boethius feels about fortune?
(a) That fortune did the right thing.
(b) That fortune changed her attitude toward him
(c) That fortune is a good companion.
(d) That philosophy is a good friend.

4. Who were the two men the woman compares Boethius to persecuted by?
(a) The Roman senate.
(b) Women.
(c) Gods and muses.
(d) Simple minded men.

5. What should Boethius keep in mind concerning his money?
(a) That people were jealous of him.
(b) That his wife was using too much of it.
(c) How weak his hold on it was.
(d) How much he liked it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philosophy find normal concerning the sudden turn of event in Boethius' life?

2. What is the real cause of Boethius being miserable according to Philosophy?

3. What is Boethius' first thought on why the woman came in his cell?

4. What does Philosophy tell Boethius not do while she exposes her arguments in Book II?

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

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