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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Boethius' answer after the woman asks what ails him?
(a) That his wife left him.
(b) That what ails him is obvious.
(c) That his sons won't visit him.
(d) That he can't escape.

2. Why do the wicked fail to be happy?
(a) God does not recognize them.
(b) They are not spreading the word of God around them.
(c) They are following the old gods.
(d) They choose the wrong means to be happy.

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

4. What doesn't God rule over according to Boethius' song?
(a) The birds.
(b) The affairs of men.
(c) The sea.
(d) The woman.

5. What does Philosophy say could be wrong with a man of good reputation in her example about not being able to be truly happy?
(a) He might be ugly.
(b) He might not have a good domestic life.
(c) He might not know God.
(d) He might not be rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Boethius usually study before going to prison?

2. What is Boethius forced to do after hearing Philosophy's arguments?

3. What does Boethius say of chance in the system Philosophy just described?

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

5. What is Boethius starting to remember at the start of Book 4?

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