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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 specific things might a philosopher lack that could tarnish philosophy's reputation among outsiders?
(a) Wealth, fine clothing and hygiene.
(b) Wine, big home, health.
(c) Books, glasses, jewelry.
(d) A mansion, slaves, and orgies.

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

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

4. What does Seneca say about the Stoic troubled by no external concerns?
(a) The heart.
(b) The mind.
(c) The body.
(d) The soul.

5. How does Seneca say a wise man should act toward the festival celebrated in Letter XVII?
(a) Should enjoy all to its fullest.
(b) Should avoid excess, but participate.
(c) Should abstain from drinking, but over eat.
(d) Should avoid it all together, stay away.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Seneca, what creates anxiety?

2. According to Letter XL, what clue do people give as to whether they are organized or disorganized?

3. Who thinks they are the most virtuous people, according to Senenca?

4. Seneca states that a virtuous man is not concerned with the loss of a friend because:

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

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