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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philosophy say of the definition of true happiness?
(a) There is only one.
(b) It is accumulating wealth.
(c) There are many opinions on what it is.
(d) There is no way to know it.

2. What does Philosophy say about people giving popular acclaim?
(a) They are well respected.
(b) They are good people.
(c) They should be more choosy.
(d) They are a vulgar mob.

3. What does Philosophy say the claim she made about wicked people follows?
(a) Boethius arguments
(b) God's rules.
(c) Her intuition.
(d) What has already been proven.

4. What does God control no matter the distance?
(a) Fate.
(b) Men.
(c) Everything.
(d) Time.

5. What does Philosophy argue will happen to the power of an evil man?
(a) It will grow.
(b) It will be used too much.
(c) It will be taken from him.
(d) It will make him rich.

6. What topic does Philosophy say is enormous?
(a) Providence.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Luck.
(d) God.

7. What does Philosophy say about men trying to find happiness?
(a) They need to pray to Fortune to obtain it.
(b) Money is the key to it.
(c) They need to be thankful to God when they find it.
(d) They cannot find it as directly as a boar of an eagle.

8. What did God decide from the first moment he created the universe?
(a) Who will be wicked.
(b) How history will unfold.
(c) Who will marry who.
(d) Who will be king.

9. What cannot be seen by the finite intellect of man?
(a) The laws of physics.
(b) The far reaching consequences of an event.
(c) The universe.
(d) The root of human civilization.

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

11. What does nature ordain everything to do according to Philosophy?
(a) To explore new territory.
(b) To seek its own natural goal/end.
(c) To be fruitful.
(d) To be kind to one another.

12. Who wouldn't care about a politician title away from Rome?
(a) Etruscans.
(b) The Saracens.
(c) Persians.
(d) Barbarians.

13. Why is a punishment a blessing for the evil man?
(a) Because their son can take their place.
(b) They can start from zero again.
(c) They like pain.
(d) Their ability to sin is taken away.

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

15. What does Philosophy say human beings seek?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Happiness.
(c) God.
(d) Being good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the presence of evil in the world mean for God according to Philosophy?

2. What does Philosophy say of man's happiness compared to the happiness of a beast?

3. What does high office often do to the man seeking it?

4. Whose plan does Lady Philosophy argue everything always goes according to?

5. What does Philosophy say of honor?

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