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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters CIV, CV, CVII, and CVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Seneca, what was the goal of technological inventions of the past age?
(a) To save money.
(b) To make life more basic than ever.
(c) To make man comfortable or wealthy.
(d) To outdo the previous generation.

2. Seneca says that a philosopher must distinguish himself from others with virtue, but what must the philosopher obey when doing so?
(a) Society's conventions.
(b) No one.
(c) Seneca's laws.
(d) The emperor and no one else.

3. Who thinks they are the most virtuous people, according to Senenca?
(a) Governmental leaders.
(b) The most wicked people.
(c) Slave owners.
(d) Religious leaders.

4. Who, according to Seneca, is deliberate and prepared?
(a) A wise man.
(b) A general.
(c) A priest.
(d) A public servant.

5. Who was Posidinius?
(a) A sailor.
(b) God of an ancient river.
(c) A sea god.
(d) A historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much duty does Seneca say one must must fulfill before his life ends?

2. According to Seneca, what is man's only pride?

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

4. How does Seneca say all people -- young and old alike -- should live each day?

5. Who says that hope is the cause of fear?

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