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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman disagree with Boethius about in Book 1?
(a) That the earth is flat.
(b) That he can't escape from prison.
(c) That God is all powerful.
(d) That the affairs of men are beyond Divine Providence.

2. What does Philosophy say of honor?
(a) That is not worth much.
(b) That it guarantees virtue.
(c) That it doesn't guarantee happiness or virtue.
(d) That every man should have some.

3. Why is not technically correct to say that God foreknows?
(a) It implies that God is human.
(b) It implies that there is a past in God.
(c) It implies that God is psychic.
(d) It implies that there is a future in God.

4. What doesn't God's knowledge about future events entail?
(a) That the actions of any man are necessary.
(b) That a man can know the future.
(c) That God will intervene to correct a wrong doing.
(d) That everything is predictable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fortune take pleasure in according to Philosophy?

2. What does Philosophy tell Boethius not do while she exposes her arguments in Book II?

3. What does Philosophy say human beings seek?

4. Why does Philosophy praise Boethius' sons?

5. What does Boethius say of the answer found by people trying to get out of the foreknowing conundrum?

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