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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Philosophy, what are the remarks Philosophy makes about Fortune at the beginning of the Book II?
(a) Only a small part of her great wisdom.
(b) Only an introduction to her main argument.
(c) Everything Boethius needs to feel better.
(d) Everything she has to say.

2. What does Philosophy say could be wrong with a man of good reputation in her example about not being able to be truly happy?
(a) He might be ugly.
(b) He might not know God.
(c) He might not be rich.
(d) He might not have a good domestic life.

3. What is Boethius' answer after the woman asks what ails him?
(a) That his sons won't visit him.
(b) That he can't escape.
(c) That what ails him is obvious.
(d) That his wife left him.

4. Why is the woman not able to help Boethius shortly after their meeting?
(a) He is in jail.
(b) He has no money to pay her.
(c) He talks too much.
(d) He does not talk.

5. Who were the two men the woman compares Boethius to persecuted by?
(a) Women.
(b) Gods and muses.
(c) Simple minded men.
(d) The Roman senate.

6. What does Philosophy tell Boethius about his situation?
(a) That it is time to try to think of his lasts words.
(b) That he can cry all he wants.
(c) That it is time to stop moping.
(d) That it is time to try to escape.

7. What doesn't God rule over according to Boethius' song?
(a) The sea.
(b) The woman.
(c) The affairs of men.
(d) The birds.

8. What type of clothing is the woman wearing?
(a) A trench coat.
(b) A toga.
(c) Pants.
(d) A dress.

9. What does Boethius say of Philosophy's arguments?
(a) They are useless.
(b) They are elegant.
(c) They do not apply to him.
(d) They are weak.

10. What does Philosophy say could be wrong with a man of riches in her example about not being able to be truly happy?
(a) He might be despised by the masses.
(b) He might be crippled.
(c) He might not have any political power.
(d) He might not have a wife.

11. What became rusty according to the test administered by the woman to Boethius?
(a) The bars of the cell.
(b) Boethius' chariot.
(c) Boethius' mind.
(d) Boethius' knife.

12. What does Philosophy tell Boethius after giving her example of happiness?
(a) He should focus on his family.
(b) He should focus on the good in his life.
(c) He should focus on revenge.
(d) He should work on his book.

13. Why does Philosophy praise Boethius' sons?
(a) They are senators.
(b) They have his high morals.
(c) They are staying away from politics.
(d) They don't squander money.

14. Why is Boethius in jail?
(a) He stole a horse.
(b) He committed murder.
(c) He is visiting a friend there.
(d) He awaits death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Philosophy say Boethius cherishes?

2. How does the woman speak to Boethius?

3. What does Philosophy say about Fortune's treatment of men?

4. What protects Boethius from his persecutors according to the woman?

5. Why does Boethius suffer according to the woman?

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