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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters XC and XCI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Seneca in Letter XXXIII, what does Stoic writing generally lack?
(a) Punctuation.
(b) Quotable quotes.
(c) Grammatical errors.
(d) Use of Latin.

2. What does Seneca consider to be the gift of gods?
(a) Only life.
(b) Both life and philosophy.
(c) Only philosophy.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. Why does Seneca praise suicide?
(a) He likes to challenge the legal system.
(b) He is tired of being sick.
(c) It is active, not passive.
(d) To cut back on medical needs of the community.

5. What teaches men how to live well, according to Seneca?
(a) Religion.
(b) Study of liberal arts.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Posidinius?

2. Who, according to Seneca, is deliberate and prepared?

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

4. What is symptomatic of excessive attachment to the body, according to Seneca?

5. Who suggests the correspondence between Seneca and his student should increase?

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