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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LIII, LIV, LV, LVI, and LXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the specific distraction Seneca discusses in Letter XL?
(a) Alcohol and food.
(b) Company with the opposite sex.
(c) Long hair.
(d) Talking too fast or too slow.

2. Who spends hours quibbling over meaningless logical puzzles, according to Seneca?
(a) Many so-called philosophers.
(b) Seneca and Lucilius together.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Lucilius.

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

4. What kind of ailments does Seneca say become more obvious as they worsen?
(a) Breathing-related ones.
(b) Physical.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Mental.

5. What does Seneca say cannot be learned only through reading?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Writing.
(d) Astronomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seneca encourage in Letter VI?

2. In Letter XVI, what kind of life is said to have no direction?

3. Seneca says though one may suffer more or less in life, the suffering is surrounded by what on either side?

4. Who is praised for his virtue and dedication to studies in Letter II?

5. Who says in Chapter XVII that wise men should avoid the festival that is being celebrated?

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