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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 does Seneca say the gods give man the capacity for?
(a) Life.
(b) Scientific study.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Love.

2. When does Seneca say that men that began to claim pieces of land as their property?
(a) When gods told them to do so.
(b) When greed entered the hearts of mankind.
(c) When the emperor began giving it away.
(d) When they became more self-aware.

3. How does one perfect his own soul, according to Seneca?
(a) By writing letters daily.
(b) By getting plenty of sleep.
(c) By living according to his rational nature.
(d) By having faith in no more than three gods.

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

5. According to Seneca, what destroyed man's harmonic relationship with nature?
(a) Greed.
(b) War.
(c) The Iliad.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For Stoics, what are two basic elements found in any object?

3. What tends to either not last very long or to at least have periods of subsidence?

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

5. How does Seneca say slaves should be corrected?

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