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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philosophy ask Boethius' permission to do?
(a) Bring his sons in prison.
(b) Proceed slowly and methodically.
(c) Free him from prison.
(d) Take a break.

2. What does Philosophy argue would happen to an evil person punished for his crime?
(a) He would cease being human.
(b) He would try to buy his innocence.
(c) He would be made happier.
(d) He would try to get revenge.

3. What error does Philosophy say men run into?
(a) They try to get rich first.
(b) They try to divide happiness.
(c) They try to buy happiness.
(d) They go after bodily pleasures first.

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

5. What does Philosophy say wealth creates?
(a) New worry and needs.
(b) More occasion to do good.
(c) New enemies.
(d) The need for more.

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

7. How does Fortune sometimes appear to be according to Philosophy?
(a) Happy.
(b) Malicious.
(c) Salacious.
(d) Sad.

8. What does Philosophy say about the men only seeking the 5 goods she listed at the start of Book 3?
(a) Men are disappointed by them.
(b) Men cannot be whole without them.
(c) Men want them all.
(d) Men usually only choose one.

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

10. Why would God give power to a good man according to Philosophy?
(a) To profit from it.
(b) To become wicked.
(c) To test his love in him.
(d) To correct the wicked.

11. What can happen as soon as popular acclaim is given?
(a) Fans appear.
(b) Life is better.
(c) It can be taken away.
(d) Money is earned.

12. Of what does God have a perfect idea of before starting his work, according to Philosophy?
(a) Who the wicked men are.
(b) What he is going to build.
(c) Who he is going to influence.
(d) When he will finish.

13. What is Boethius' state of mind at the start of Book 4?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Sad.

14. What is Boethius starting to remember at the start of Book 4?
(a) His happiness.
(b) Why he wanted political power.
(c) His enemies names.
(d) His wisdom.

15. What does high office often do to the man seeking it?
(a) Make him rich.
(b) Expose his sins.
(c) Make him a better man.
(d) Bring him fame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cannot be seen by the finite intellect of man?

2. What does Philosophy say of the definition of true happiness?

3. What did God decide from the first moment he created the universe?

4. What cannot be obtained if sought individually according to Philosophy?

5. What claim does Philosophy say is the least convincing?

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