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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LIII, LIV, LV, LVI, and LXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Letter XL, what clue do people give as to whether they are organized or disorganized?
(a) How fast or slow they talk.
(b) A glance at one's kitchen.
(c) How their house or apartment looks.
(d) Their hairstyle and grooming.

2. 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) Seneca.
(c) Epicurius.
(d) Plato.

3. What holiday is celebrated at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) Saturnalia.
(b) Festival of Bacchus.
(c) Ides of March.
(d) Cinco de Mayo.

4. Which philosopher has a positive theory about "cheerful poverty?"
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Epicurius.
(d) Seneca.

5. What has earned Seneca fame and respect among the citizens of Rome?
(a) The sexually explicit plays he wrote.
(b) His role as emperor.
(c) His inherited wealth.
(d) Years of public service.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lucilius ask Seneca to include in his letters?

3. Who does Seneca thank for sending him a book?

4. Why do people become slaves, according to Seneca?

5. What does Seneca say many slave-owners foolishly think?

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