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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. What is an example of unrehearsed communication?
(a) Music.
(b) Public oratory.
(c) A speech.
(d) Letter writing.

2. According to Seneca, what is death?
(a) Nothing but an unconscious state of non-existence.
(b) The gateway to Heaven and an opportunity to meet the gods.
(c) A doorway into a wonderful after life.
(d) An unconscious state of non-existence or a better state than life.

3. Who suggests the correspondence between Seneca and his student should increase?
(a) Marcus Aurelius.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Zeno.
(d) Lucilius.

4. Which word is the best meaning of apatheia?
(a) Humble.
(b) Invulnerable.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Pathetic.

5. 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) No set amount.
(d) Whatever the tax collector chooses to bill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of people does Seneca warn Lucilius to steer clear of in Letter XLVIII?

2. What kinds of noises are more distracting, according to Senenca?

3. Why does Seneca say he took the ride in Letter LV?

4. What virtue does Seneca say does not perish or disappoint?

5. Which of Lucilius' friends dies?

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