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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. How much duty does Seneca say one must must fulfill before his life ends?
(a) 25 years worth.
(b) At least one good deed per day.
(c) Whatever the tax collector chooses to bill him.
(d) No set amount.

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

3. What does Seneca give advice about coping with in Letter LXXVIII?
(a) Love.
(b) Religious faith.
(c) Illness.
(d) Grief.

4. How did Seneca's ancestors treat their slaves?
(a) Emotionless.
(b) With physical abuse.
(c) With respect.
(d) With mental torture.

5. What is it that Seneca says no human being merits?
(a) Love.
(b) A beating.
(c) Correction.
(d) Mental torture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Seneca discuss in Letter XL?

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

3. When does Seneca say that men that began to claim pieces of land as their property?

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

5. Who was Posidinius?

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