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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. What is duty that Seneca states all men are bound to eventually carry out?
(a) Civic responsiblity.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Public service.
(d) Death.

2. Why do people become slaves, according to Seneca?
(a) It is by their merit.
(b) It is by their fortune.
(c) It is their choice.
(d) It is punishment for a crime.

3. Who, according to Seneca, is deliberate and prepared?
(a) A public servant.
(b) A wise man.
(c) A general.
(d) A priest.

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

5. What topic does Seneca discuss in Letter XL?
(a) Money.
(b) Speech.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Seneca in Letter XXXIII, what does Stoic writing generally lack?

2. What does Seneca name as never too great for a man to endure, thanks to nature's way of minimizing them?

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

4. According to Seneca, what destroyed man's harmonic relationship with nature?

5. According to Seneca, what is death?

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