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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) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Greed.
(d) The Iliad.

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

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

4. In Letter LXXXIII, whose logic does Seneca question?
(a) Plato's.
(b) Aristotle's.
(c) Sappho's.
(d) Zeno's.

5. Why do people become slaves, according to Seneca?
(a) It is punishment for a crime.
(b) It is by their merit.
(c) It is by their fortune.
(d) It is their choice.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long does it take Seneca to read the book he mentions in Letter XLVI?

4. What is a syllogism?

5. What phrase best sums up Letter XCI?

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