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

2. Why does Seneca say he decided not to commit suicide?
(a) He was too afraid.
(b) He snapped out of his depression.
(c) He fell in love with a woman.
(d) For his father's sake.

3. Where is Seneca when he writes Letter LXXXVI?
(a) At Lucilius' house.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) On vacation.
(d) In bed at home recuperating.

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

5. What does Seneca say prepares the mind for philosophy?
(a) Religion.
(b) Liberal arts.
(c) Meditations.
(d) Fine arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his example of suffering for the sake of knowledge, who does Seneca say was executed for blasphemy?

2. In Letter XVI, what kind of life is said to have no direction?

3. What does Seneca encourage in Letter VI?

4. What is it that Seneca says no human being merits?

5. What does Seneca name as never too great for a man to endure, thanks to nature's way of minimizing them?

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