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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Boethius' life before prison?
(a) Boring.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Full of hatred.
(d) Full of hard manual work.

2. What does Boethius sing about in his cell?
(a) The woman.
(b) God.
(c) The senate.
(d) Himself.

3. What does the woman's bearing betray according to Boethius?
(a) How ancient she is.
(b) Where she comes from.
(c) How young she is.
(d) Who her parents are.

4. What was Boethius usually studying?
(a) Various religions of the world.
(b) Magnetism.
(c) Perfect forms of government.
(d) Thermodynamics.

5. Who were the two men the woman compares Boethius to persecuted by?
(a) Simple minded men.
(b) The Roman senate.
(c) Gods and muses.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the woman compare Boethius to?

2. What gift did God give to men according to Boethius?

3. Who is seduced by the ups and downs of Fortune according to the woman?

4. What is stitched on the woman's clothes?

5. What does Lady Philosophy qualify herself as a doctor of?

(see the answer key)

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