2. According to Philosophy, what are the remarks Philosophy makes about Fortune at the beginning of the Book II?
(a) Everything Boethius needs to feel better.
(b) Only a small part of her great wisdom.
(c) Everything she has to say.
(d) Only an introduction to her main argument.

3. What became rusty according to the test administered by the woman to Boethius?
(a) The bars of the cell.
(b) Boethius' knife.
(c) Boethius' mind.
(d) Boethius' chariot.

4. What does Boethius do after hearing Philosophy's arguments on fortune?
(a) He starts to think of ways to escape.
(b) He prays to Fortune.
(c) He accepts his fate.
(d) He complains.

5. Why does Boethius want political power?
(a) To promote justice.
(b) To help friends get jobs.
(c) To be safe from persecution.
(d) For personal gain.

6. Who is seduced by the ups and downs of Fortune according to the woman?
(a) Old people.
(b) Normal men.
(c) Women only.
(d) The foolish.

7. What is stitched on the woman's clothes?
(a) A cross and letter Theta.
(b) A list of Rome's gods.
(c) A star and letter Alpha.
(d) The letters Pi and Theta.

8. What does Philosophy say of the wealth Fortune gives away?
(a) It is transmittable to your children.
(b) It is permanent.
(c) It is based on how good you are toward others.
(d) It is a loan.

9. Why does Philosophy say no-one can truly be happy in life?
(a) God doesn't want happiness in this life for man.
(b) Because being fulfilled is arrogant.
(c) Because something is always missing.
(d) Men are too greedy.

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

11. What does Philosophy tell Boethius concerning what he thinks about Fortune?
(a) He is right.
(b) He is on the verge of finding how to control fortune.
(c) He is wrong.
(d) He doesn't know what he is talking about.

12. What does Fortune take pleasure in according to Philosophy?
(a) Its greed.
(b) Its unreliability.
(c) Its resourcefulness.
(d) Its own predictability.

13. Where does Boethius usually study before going to prison?
(a) His library.
(b) The bath house.
(c) In his pool.
(d) His living room.

14. Who condemned the senate according to Boethius?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Emperor Hadrian.
(d) Julius Caesar.

15. What was Boethius once, according to the woman?
(a) An admiral.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A philosopher.