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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters CXIV, CXXII, and CXXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finances the celebration that is held at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) The state.
(b) Local businesses.
(c) A traveling carnival.
(d) Seneca.

2. According to Letter XCI, what town was destroyed by fire?
(a) Vatican City.
(b) Rome.
(c) Lyons.
(d) Croton.

3. What does Seneca say happens to life when one focuses too much on trivial and fleeting activities?
(a) It is fulfilled with recreation.
(b) It causes much sickness.
(c) It ends earlier.
(d) It becomes meaningless and not worth living.

4. What specific things might a philosopher lack that could tarnish philosophy's reputation among outsiders?
(a) Books, glasses, jewelry.
(b) A mansion, slaves, and orgies.
(c) Wealth, fine clothing and hygiene.
(d) Wine, big home, health.

5. According to Letter CXXII, what does a good man always keep?
(a) Good friends.
(b) An extra pen.
(c) A routine.
(d) A good wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Seneca says that a philosopher must distinguish himself from others with virtue, but what must the philosopher obey when doing so?

2. According to Seneca, what must one seek between extremes in all matters?

3. Whose first instinct is it to incorporate wisdom into his life and actions?

4. What does Scipio volunteer to do?

5. What is the unusual transgression about, ending Letter LXXXVI?

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