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The Consolation of Philosophy Quiz 1

  • 1. During the final years of what empire did Boethius live?
    •     The Gothic Empire
    •     The Byzantine Empire
    •     The Greek Empire
    •     The Roman Empire

  • 2. What religion was Boethius?
    •     Manichean
    •     Christian
    •     Neo-Platonist
    •     Arian

  • 3. Who are the two "ladies" whom Boethius is most concerned with in this work?
    •     Lady Truth and Lady Beauty
    •     The Muses of Poetry
    •     Lady Philosophy and Lady Fortune
    •     Lady Luck and Lady Truth

  • 4. Under which emperor did Boethius serve?
    •     Theodoric
    •     Nero
    •     Claudius
    •     Caesar

  • 5. From what tribe came the Roman Emperor in Boethius's time?
    •     The Visigoths
    •     The Vandals
    •     The Ostrogoths
    •     The Gauls

  • 6. In what town did Boethius die?
    •     Constantinople
    •     Rome
    •     Ravenna
    •     Pavia

  • 7. What are the letters on Lady Philosophy's gown?
    •     Pi and Omega
    •     Alpha and Omega
    •     Pi and Theta
    •     Mu and Lambda

  • 8. To what ancient Greek poet does Lady Philosophy refer?
    •     Sappho
    •     Euripides
    •     Aeschylus
    •     Homer

  • 9. In Book III, what does Philosophy accuse wealth of doing?
    •     Corrupting the mind
    •     Darkening the thoughts
    •     Causing sin
    •     Preventing access to heaven

  • 10. To what does Philosophy first liken the "cure" she's going to give Boethius?
    •     Strong wine
    •     A sleeping draught
    •     A hypnotic drug
    •     Light and gentle nourishment

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