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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. Who does Seneca thank for sending him a book?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Lucilius.
(c) His mother.
(d) Petronius.

2. Who objects to Posidinus' claims about past rulers and technological inventions?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Plato.
(c) Vatia.
(d) Lucilius.

3. What kind of people does Seneca warn Lucilius to steer clear of in Letter XLVIII?
(a) Wealthy rulers.
(b) Quibblers.
(c) Drunken people.
(d) Slaves.

4. According to Letter XLI, what lives in each man's soul?
(a) Dark thoughts.
(b) Divine power.
(c) Desire.
(d) Evil.

5. According to Seneca, what is man's only pride?
(a) His mind.
(b) His soul.
(c) His body.
(d) His face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says there are five causes?

2. Who spends hours quibbling over meaningless logical puzzles, according to Seneca?

3. According to Letter LXV, how do friends get Seneca to stop reading and writing while he is sick?

4. What does Seneca say about slaves?

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

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