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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LXV, LXXVII, and LXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has earned Seneca fame and respect among the citizens of Rome?
(a) Years of public service.
(b) His inherited wealth.
(c) The sexually explicit plays he wrote.
(d) His role as emperor.

2. According to Seneca, where are the sharpest pains?
(a) In the nose.
(b) In the heart.
(c) In the eye/temple area because they are close to the brain.
(d) In the smallest area of the body.

3. What kind of people does Seneca warn Lucilius to steer clear of in Letter XLVIII?
(a) Wealthy rulers.
(b) Drunken people.
(c) Quibblers.
(d) Slaves.

4. How should an owner be seen by his slaves, according to Seneca?
(a) Loved.
(b) Feared.
(c) With no emotion.
(d) Hated.

5. According to Seneca, what are people who are easily disturbed by noises lacking?
(a) Ear plugs.
(b) Religion.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher does Seneca quote in Letter II despite the fact that he does not particularly like him?

2. Which city does Seneca say is so filled with wicked people that it could be a threat to even a wise man's soul?

3. What is there little value in if one cannot share it with friends, according to Seneca?

4. What tends to either not last very long or to at least have periods of subsidence?

5. Who says that excessive anger is a threat to one's sanity?

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