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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose plan does Lady Philosophy argue everything always goes according to?
(a) Fate.
(b) God.
(c) Boethius.
(d) Fortune.
2. What does Philosophy say animals devote themselves to entirely?
(a) Bettering themselves.
(b) Caring for their body.
(c) Wanting to become human.
(d) Eating.
3. What is the imperfect the product of, according to Metaphysics?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) The perfect.
(c) Men.
(d) Progress.
4. What does Philosophy argue would happen to an evil person punished for his crime?
(a) He would be made happier.
(b) He would cease being human.
(c) He would try to get revenge.
(d) He would try to buy his innocence.
5. What new need does a rich man have in the example given by Philosophy?
(a) Bodyguards to protect him.
(b) Numerous servants.
(c) A big pool to entertain.
(d) Big house to live in.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Philosophy say of honor?
2. What does Philosophy say about the goods she lists at the start of Book 3?
3. What does high office often do to the man seeking it?
4. What does God control no matter the distance?
5. What is happiness according to Philosophy's argument?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Book III claim about the insufficiency of achieving a high office?
2. In Book IV, what can be concluded about the wicked being punished?
3. What is the conclusion about the happiness and man's participation in happiness?
4. What does fame come from, according to Book III of "The Consolation of Philosophy"?
5. What are some of the opinions about what the highest good is, according to the woman?
6. What is the essence of true happiness as introduced at the beginning of Book III?
7. How does God use providence?
8. According to Book IV, how does happiness relate to being powerful or powerless?
9. Why do God's methods defy human reason?
10. Why should the five goods not be entirely dismissed?
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