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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LXXXIII, LXXXVI, and LXXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Seneca says though one may suffer more or less in life, the suffering is surrounded by what on either side?
(a) Somewhat peaceful rest.
(b) Deep tranquility.
(c) Unknown pain.
(d) Nothingness.

3. What does Seneca encourage in Letter VI?
(a) Living in Rome.
(b) Contributions to poor slaves.
(c) Suicide among the elderly.
(d) Lucilius come to live with him.

4. What is an example of unrehearsed communication?
(a) Music.
(b) Letter writing.
(c) A speech.
(d) Public oratory.

5. What is an oxymoron?
(a) Someone who does not practice virtue at all.
(b) A theory related to oxygen.
(c) A combination of contradictory words or phrases.
(d) Someone who does not understand Oxystoicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finances the celebration that is held at the time Letter XVII is written?

2. What specific things might a philosopher lack that could tarnish philosophy's reputation among outsiders?

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

4. Why does Seneca praise suicide?

5. According to Seneca in Letter LXXXVIII, what should man not strive to become?

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