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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters CIV, CV, CVII, and CVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finances the celebration that is held at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) The state.
(b) Local businesses.
(c) Seneca.
(d) A traveling carnival.

2. According to Seneca, what is the fruit of man's own efforts?
(a) Peace between nations.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Love.
(d) Life.

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

4. What is the specific distraction Seneca discusses in Letter XL?
(a) Company with the opposite sex.
(b) Long hair.
(c) Talking too fast or too slow.
(d) Alcohol and food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seneca recount taking a ride on in Letter LV?

2. What is a syllogism?

3. According to Seneca, what creates anxiety?

4. Seneca says that a philosopher must distinguish himself from others with virtue, but what must the philosopher obey when doing so?

5. At what time does Seneca say he has already experienced death?

(see the answer key)

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