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

2. According to Seneca, what must one seek between extremes in all matters?
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Balance.
(d) Kindness.

3. Who is praised for his virtue and dedication to studies in Letter II?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Lucilius.
(c) Plato.
(d) Zeno.

4. Who suggests the correspondence between Seneca and his student should increase?
(a) Zeno.
(b) Marcus Aurelius.
(c) Lucilius.
(d) Seneca.

5. 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) Seneca.
(b) Epicurius.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose estate does Seneca ride past in Letter LV?

2. According to Seneca as he comforts Lucilius, what is the death of a friend a reminder to do?

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

4. What are Seneca's comments about the book he mentions in Letter XLVI?

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

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