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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ultimate goal of God when using the actions of the wicked?
(a) To teach a good man a lesson.
(b) The greater good.
(c) To make the good man richer.
(d) The teach the wicked man a lesson.

2. What cannot be obtained if sought individually according to Philosophy?
(a) Faith and independence.
(b) Happiness and honor.
(c) The goods.
(d) Bodily pleasure and wealth.

3. What does God use to influence men and execute his plan for the universe?
(a) Women.
(b) Prophecies.
(c) Luck.
(d) Fate.

4. How many "Goods" does philosophy talk about when she explains what men usually think is true happiness?
(a) 5 goods.
(b) 4 goods.
(c) 6 goods.
(d) 9 goods.

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

6. Why do men want wealth according to Philosophy?
(a) To feel important.
(b) To buy big houses.
(c) To be free of worry and needs.
(d) The gain political power.

7. Why do the wicked fail to be happy?
(a) They are following the old gods.
(b) They are not spreading the word of God around them.
(c) God does not recognize them.
(d) They choose the wrong means to be happy.

8. What is Boethius starting to remember at the start of Book 4?
(a) Why he wanted political power.
(b) His wisdom.
(c) His enemies names.
(d) His happiness.

9. What does Philosophy argue would be the reason why a person would see randomness when it is not random?
(a) When she cannot understand the order behind it.
(b) When she doesn't have a big enough sample.
(c) When she is not intelligent.
(d) When she is angry.

10. What does nature ordain everything to do according to Philosophy?
(a) To explore new territory.
(b) To be fruitful.
(c) To be kind to one another.
(d) To seek its own natural goal/end.

11. Whose plan does Lady Philosophy argue everything always goes according to?
(a) God.
(b) Boethius.
(c) Fate.
(d) Fortune.

12. According to Philosophy, what does true happiness involve?
(a) Knowing that you did good to your friends.
(b) Possessing the single high true good.
(c) Political power.
(d) Wealth.

13. What did God order the universe to seek when he created it?
(a) Balance
(b) Wealth.
(c) Good.
(d) Peace.

14. What did the politician in the example given by Philosophy lose?
(a) Their will to lead.
(b) All their money.
(c) Their office.
(d) Respect of the people.

15. What claim does Philosophy say is the least convincing?
(a) Fame will make you rich.
(b) Boethius can be saved.
(c) A king can be honorable.
(d) Fame brings happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Philosophy say of true happiness?

3. What is Boethius' state of mind at the start of Book 4?

4. What does Philosophy say there have been many examples of?

5. What is Fortune according to Philosophy?

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