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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 a poor man need not worry about according to Philosophy?
(a) Being robbed.
(b) Finding a wife.
(c) Dying.
(d) Being rich.

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

3. What error does Philosophy say men run into?
(a) They try to get rich first.
(b) They try to divide happiness.
(c) They go after bodily pleasures first.
(d) They try to buy happiness.

4. What does Philosophy say of the wicked?
(a) They usually succeed.
(b) They are always punished.
(c) They do not know God.
(d) They are usually politicians.

5. What is Boethius eager to continue?
(a) His book.
(b) His readings.
(c) His discussion with Philosophy.
(d) His poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God use to direct things close to him?

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

3. What does Philosophy say human beings seek?

4. What is happiness according to Philosophy's argument?

5. What new need does a rich man have in the example given by Philosophy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What metaphysical principle does the woman address and why is this significant?

3. What does the woman remark about randomness and order?

4. What is the error that men run into?

5. Why should the five goods not be entirely dismissed?

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

7. What does fame come from, according to Book III of "The Consolation of Philosophy"?

8. How does God use providence?

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

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

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