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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. What does God control no matter the distance?
(a) Everything.
(b) Time.
(c) Fate.
(d) Men.

2. What does Philosophy say about the men only seeking the 5 goods she listed at the start of Book 3?
(a) Men cannot be whole without them.
(b) Men usually only choose one.
(c) Men want them all.
(d) Men are disappointed by them.

3. What does Philosophy say is the next part of the conversation?
(a) A short part.
(b) A minor part.
(c) Its centerpiece.
(d) A long part.

4. 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 is angry.
(c) When she doesn't have a big enough sample.
(d) When she is not intelligent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philosophy say about the goods she lists at the start of Book 3?

2. What is Boethius' state of mind after Philosophy finishes her argument about evil men?

3. Whose plan does Lady Philosophy argue everything always goes according to?

4. What does Philosophy say would be exposed if a politician was to leave the city.

5. What cannot be obtained if sought individually according to Philosophy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does "The Consolation of Philosophy" define fate?

2. How are actions their own rewards, as stated in Book IV?

3. Why does the woman correct Boethius' statement about wishing that the evil would lose the ability to persecute the good?

4. Why do the five goods eventually disappoint their possessors?

5. What has nature ordained, according to Book III and what does this say about man's goal?

6. Why do God's methods defy human reason?

7. What is implied about the choices of men and the problem of evil?

8. What does Book III claim about the insufficiency of achieving a high office?

9. What are some of the opinions about what the highest good is, according to the woman?

10. How does God use providence?

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