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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is seduced by the ups and downs of Fortune according to the woman?
(a) Normal men.
(b) Old people.
(c) The foolish.
(d) Women only.

2. Of what does God have a perfect idea of before starting his work, according to Philosophy?
(a) When he will finish.
(b) Who he is going to influence.
(c) What he is going to build.
(d) Who the wicked men are.

3. What would the presence of evil in the world mean for God according to Philosophy?
(a) He wants to maintain some balance.
(b) He does not intervene in mortal life.
(c) He only chooses the worthy to receive his blessings.
(d) He is either evil or powerless.

4. What does Philosophy say wealth creates?
(a) More occasion to do good.
(b) New enemies.
(c) New worry and needs.
(d) The need for more.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did God decide from the first moment he created the universe?

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

3. What does Lady Philosophy qualify herself as a doctor of?

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

5. If freedom does not depend on indeterminancy, what does it accordance with?

(see the answer key)

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