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

2. Who is chastised in Letter III for not discussing his personal matters?
(a) Vatia.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Plato.
(d) Lucilius.

3. What do people who attend the celebration discussed in Letter XVII do?
(a) Discuss town issues.
(b) Praise Seneca.
(c) Watch acrobats and clowns.
(d) Feast and get drunk.

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

5. Who says that hope is the cause of fear?
(a) Homer.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Hecato.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Seneca, who will spend his time either alone or in the company of those he knows are capable of improving him?

2. In a large group of people, how might their vices seem, according to Seneca?

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

4. How did Seneca's ancestors treat their slaves?

5. What has suffered a great deal between Letters XII and XXVII?

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