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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the woman compare Boethius to?
(a) Alexander and Brutus.
(b) Socrates and Plato.
(c) Nero and Caesar.
(d) Anaxagoras and Socrates.

2. What protects Boethius from his persecutors according to the woman?
(a) The fortress of Philosophy.
(b) The Canon of justice.
(c) The trumpets of Jericho.
(d) The sword of incompetence.

3. What was Boethius aware of concerning Fortune?
(a) That it exalts and humbles.
(b) That it is temporary.
(c) That he had too much.
(d) That he should have shared it.

4. What does Philosophy say of man's happiness compared to the happiness of a beast?
(a) It is equivalent.
(b) They are both based on eating and escaping predators.
(c) It is easier to find.
(d) It is higher and more obscure.

5. What does God use to influence men and execute his plan for the universe?
(a) Women.
(b) Luck.
(c) Prophecies.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philosophy say animals devote themselves to entirely?

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

3. What did philosophy compel Boethius to always do?

4. What is the imperfect the product of, according to Metaphysics?

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

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