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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philosophy reply when Boethius tells her that his pain is real and tangible?
(a) That she can heal him with her hands.
(b) That she is not a doctor.
(c) That the spirit has power over the body.
(d) That she has not gotten to the substance of her treatment.

2. What is the highest possible good according to Philosophy?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Gold.
(d) Political power.

3. What does Philosophy say about the goods she lists at the start of Book 3?
(a) They are useless for men.
(b) They are not true happiness.
(c) They are all given by Fortune.
(d) They are legitimate.

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

5. What does Philosophy say of the bodily pleasures?
(a) They are free.
(b) They tend to balance themselves out.
(c) They tend to be bad for you.
(d) They are necessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boethius do after hearing Philosophy's arguments on fortune?

2. What cannot be obtained if sought individually according to Philosophy?

3. Why do men want wealth according to Philosophy?

4. Who surrounds Boethius at the start of Book 1?

5. What does Philosophy tell Boethius concerning what he thinks about Fortune?

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