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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters XXXIII, XXXVIII, XL, XLI, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Seneca say many slave-owners foolishly think?
(a) That their slaves must love and respect them.
(b) That it is to their credit that they are the slave-owners.
(c) That the slaves will care for their families once the owner dies.
(d) That they will never have to work again.

2. Seneca says that a philosopher must distinguish himself from others with virtue, but what must the philosopher obey when doing so?
(a) Society's conventions.
(b) The emperor and no one else.
(c) No one.
(d) Seneca's laws.

3. How long does it take Seneca to read the book he mentions in Letter XLVI?
(a) One month.
(b) One sitting.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

4. Who says that excessive anger is a threat to one's sanity?
(a) Epicurius.
(b) Plato.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Sophocles.

5. How does Seneca say slaves should be corrected?
(a) By taking something away, like food.
(b) Verbally.
(c) Mental torture.
(d) With physical punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Seneca, if one begins taking lessons other than philosophy, what happens?

2. According to Letter XL, what clue do people give as to whether they are organized or disorganized?

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

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

5. Which philosopher does Seneca quote in Letter II despite the fact that he does not particularly like him?

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