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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two main characteristics of Fortune's personality?
(a) Playful and revengeful.
(b) Confident and extroverted.
(c) Introverted and fearful.
(d) Indifferent and chaotic.

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

3. What does Fortune take pleasure in according to Philosophy?
(a) Its resourcefulness.
(b) Its own predictability.
(c) Its unreliability.
(d) Its greed.

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

5. What should Boethius keep in mind concerning his money?
(a) That his wife was using too much of it.
(b) That people were jealous of him.
(c) How weak his hold on it was.
(d) How much he liked it.

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

7. What was Boethius once, according to the woman?
(a) A merchant.
(b) An admiral.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A philosopher.

8. How tall is the woman that appears in Boethius' cell?
(a) Medium size, her arms could touch the ceiling.
(b) Very small, her head could not reach the table.
(c) Small, she could look Boethius in the eyes.
(d) Tall, her head could penetrate the heavens.

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

10. What type of man is unmoved by what happens to him, good or bad?
(a) The idiot.
(b) The philosopher.
(c) Women.
(d) The faithful.

11. What does Philosophy find normal concerning the sudden turn of event in Boethius' life?
(a) That Boethius is crying.
(b) That Boethius is upset.
(c) That Boethius is happy.
(d) That Boethius is sad.

12. 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 not have any political power.
(b) He might be despised by the masses.
(c) He might not have a wife.
(d) He might be crippled.

13. What does Philosophy say of the wealth Fortune gives away?
(a) It is permanent.
(b) It is transmittable to your children.
(c) It is a loan.
(d) It is based on how good you are toward others.

14. 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.

15. 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 not know God.
(b) He might not have a good domestic life.
(c) He might not be rich.
(d) He might be ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Philosophy say no-one can truly be happy in life?

2. Why does the woman share Boethius' cell?

3. Why is Boethius in jail?

4. What does the woman disagree with Boethius about in Book 1?

5. What was Boethius usually studying?

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