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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Seneca, what is death?
(a) A doorway into a wonderful after life.
(b) The gateway to Heaven and an opportunity to meet the gods.
(c) An unconscious state of non-existence or a better state than life.
(d) Nothing but an unconscious state of non-existence.

2. What kind of events does Seneca say upsets people the most?
(a) Surprise events.
(b) Hysterical events.
(c) Calm events.
(d) Planned events.

3. According to Seneca, what should a person use to guide his life?
(a) Theory.
(b) Religion.
(c) Logic.
(d) Examples.

4. What does Seneca admit that he cares less about as he ages?
(a) His hair.
(b) His appearance.
(c) His financial affairs.
(d) His friends.

5. What does Scipio volunteer to do?
(a) Go into exile.
(b) Care for the ailing Seneca.
(c) Help teach Seneca.
(d) Kill Seneca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says there are four causes?

2. How can a person be prepared for any tragedy that might happen?

3. According to Seneca, what was the goal of technological inventions of the past age?

4. Who especially does Seneca consider when he makes his move to the country?

5. What includes the studies of literature, rhetoric and history?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Seneca object to Posidinus' claims that philosopher's ruled during the Golden Age and were responsible for many new technological innovations?

2. What fault does Seneca find in Zeno's logic that a good man will not drink to excess?

3. According to Seneca, what destroyed man's harmonic relationship with nature and what was the result?

4. What advice does Seneca give Lucilius about coping with illness and the sometimes severe symptoms that accompany it?

5. Why does Seneca move to the country and what effects result from the move?

6. How, according to Letter LXXXIII, does Seneca spend his day?

7. How does Seneca feel about moving to improve studies?

8. What does Seneca say causes envy and how can envy be avoided?

9. What does Plato add to Aristotle's theory of causation?

10. What is the value of a liberal arts education, according to Seneca?

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