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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 must one seek between extremes in all matters?
(a) Truth.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Balance.
(d) Love.

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

3. Who advises that one ought to imagine being watched by some great, virtuous figure at all times in order to check one's own behavior?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Epicurius.
(c) Plato.
(d) Seneca.

4. 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) Croton.
(c) Rome.
(d) Athens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Letter LXXXVIII, how important is the knowledge of the liberal arts to Stoicism?

4. Who, according to Seneca, retired out of fear of being persecuted by the Emperor?

5. What creates certain habits of study and thought which are actually useful?

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