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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does nature ordain everything to do according to Philosophy?
(a) To explore new territory.
(b) To be fruitful.
(c) To seek its own natural goal/end.
(d) To be kind to one another.

2. What does Philosophy say about men trying to find happiness?
(a) They need to pray to Fortune to obtain it.
(b) They cannot find it as directly as a boar of an eagle.
(c) They need to be thankful to God when they find it.
(d) Money is the key to it.

3. Why would God give power to a good man according to Philosophy?
(a) To test his love in him.
(b) To correct the wicked.
(c) To profit from it.
(d) To become wicked.

4. How many sources can fame come from according to Philosophy?
(a) 4 sources.
(b) 2 sources.
(c) 3 sources.
(d) 5 sources.

5. What does Philosophy tell Boethius to be thankful for?
(a) That she is here to keep him company.
(b) That his enemy will soon be dead.
(c) That Fortune allowed him to keep his wealth that long.
(d) That his mind is not bound by the walls around him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boethius say of chance in the system Philosophy just described?

2. Of what does God have a perfect idea of before starting his work, according to Philosophy?

3. What does the woman think of Boethius' mind?

4. What does Philosophy say of Fortune?

5. What can one only know according to Boethius' argument?

(see the answer key)

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