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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Boethius' state of mind at the start of Book 4?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Trouble.

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

3. If freedom does not depend on indeterminancy, what does it accordance with?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Evil.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Goods.

4. Why is not technically correct to say that God foreknows?
(a) It implies that there is a future in God.
(b) It implies that there is a past in God.
(c) It implies that God is psychic.
(d) It implies that God is human.

5. What topic does Philosophy say is enormous?
(a) Luck.
(b) God.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Providence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fortune love to do to men comfortable with their possessions?

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

3. What type of man is unmoved by what happens to him, good or bad?

4. What type of story does Philosophy say pervades history?

5. How many "Goods" does philosophy talk about when she explains what men usually think is true happiness?

(see the answer key)

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