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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LXV, LXXVII, and LXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city does Seneca say is so filled with wicked people that it could be a threat to even a wise man's soul?
(a) Parma.
(b) Rome.
(c) Croton.
(d) Athens.

2. Who is chastised in Letter III for not discussing his personal matters?
(a) Lucilius.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Plato.
(d) Vatia.

3. What kinds of noises are more distracting, according to Senenca?
(a) Noises of crickets.
(b) Continuous noises.
(c) Intermittent noises.
(d) Musical noises.

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

5. What does Seneca name as never too great for a man to endure, thanks to nature's way of minimizing them?
(a) Loves.
(b) Pains.
(c) Heartbreaks.
(d) Choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does fasting serve, according to Seneca?

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

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

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

5. According to Seneca, what creates anxiety?

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