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

2. What does Philosophy say about the goods she lists at the start of Book 3?
(a) They are legitimate.
(b) They are useless for men.
(c) They are not true happiness.
(d) They are all given by Fortune.

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

4. What does high office often do to the man seeking it?
(a) Make him a better man.
(b) Make him rich.
(c) Expose his sins.
(d) Bring him fame.

5. What is Fortune according to Philosophy?
(a) A benevolent force.
(b) A minor divinity.
(c) A part of God.
(d) A force to be ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sometimes defies human reason and understanding?

2. Of what does God have a perfect idea of before starting his work, according to Philosophy?

3. What type of story does Philosophy say pervades history?

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

5. What does Philosophy say of honor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does God use providence?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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