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

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

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 will happen to the power of an evil man?
(a) It will be taken from him.
(b) It will be used too much.
(c) It will grow.
(d) It will make him rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the wicked fail to be happy?

2. How many sources can fame come from according to Philosophy?

3. How does Boethius qualify the fact that good men's worldly possessions can be taken away and evil men's possessions can increase?

4. What does Philosophy say about men trying to find happiness?

5. What does Philosophy say of man's happiness compared to the happiness of a beast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does God use providence?

2. What is the conclusion about the happiness and man's participation in happiness?

3. What is the essence of true happiness as introduced at the beginning of Book III?

4. Why is Boethius still troubled at the beginning of Book IV and what does Lady Philosophy say?

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

6. In light of Christian doctrine, what is the significance of the statement that "there are, some of them extremely harsh, and some, I think, with a purifying mercy"(124)?

7. What does the woman remind Boethius of in regards to God's governance?

8. What does the woman liken God to and what is the significance of this analogy?

9. According to Book IV, how does happiness relate to being powerful or powerless?

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

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