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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Philosophy say human beings seek?
(a) God.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Being good.
(d) Happiness.
2. What does Philosophy say about the men only seeking the 5 goods she listed at the start of Book 3?
(a) Men are disappointed by them.
(b) Men want them all.
(c) Men usually only choose one.
(d) Men cannot be whole without them.
3. What is Philosophy comparing God to?
(a) Zeus.
(b) A craftsman.
(c) A good Samaritan.
(d) A merchant.
4. Who wouldn't care about a politician title away from Rome?
(a) Etruscans.
(b) Persians.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) The Saracens.
5. How does Boethius qualify the fact that good men's worldly possessions can be taken away and evil men's possessions can increase?
(a) Good for the evil.
(b) Unfitting.
(c) Normal.
(d) Maddening.
6. What does everyone agree is just?
(a) Punishment of a crime.
(b) Good men deserve to be poor.
(c) Evil people have all the power.
(d) God has little influence on men.
7. What does God control no matter the distance?
(a) Everything.
(b) Fate.
(c) Time.
(d) Men.
8. What does Philosophy say wealth creates?
(a) New enemies.
(b) More occasion to do good.
(c) The need for more.
(d) New worry and needs.
9. What does Philosophy say of true happiness?
(a) Fortune has a big say in it.
(b) It is what every man wants.
(c) One can only be as happy as his actions allow.
(d) It is given only by God.
10. Of what does God have a perfect idea of before starting his work, according to Philosophy?
(a) Who the wicked men are.
(b) What he is going to build.
(c) When he will finish.
(d) Who he is going to influence.
11. What does Philosophy argue will happen to the power of an evil man?
(a) It will grow.
(b) It will be taken from him.
(c) It will be used too much.
(d) It will make him rich.
12. What does Philosophy say about people giving popular acclaim?
(a) They are well respected.
(b) They are good people.
(c) They should be more choosy.
(d) They are a vulgar mob.
13. What does Philosophy say animals devote themselves to entirely?
(a) Caring for their body.
(b) Eating.
(c) Bettering themselves.
(d) Wanting to become human.
14. What does Boethius say to Philosophy at the start of Book 3?
(a) That she should leave.
(b) That he feels greatly consoled.
(c) That he worries for his sons.
(d) That he needs more comforting.
15. What does nature ordain everything to do according to Philosophy?
(a) To explore new territory.
(b) To be kind to one another.
(c) To seek its own natural goal/end.
(d) To be fruitful.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did God order the universe to seek when he created it?
2. What type of story does Philosophy say pervades history?
3. What claim does Philosophy say is the least convincing?
4. What is happiness according to Philosophy's argument?
5. What cannot be obtained if sought individually according to Philosophy?
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